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[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-how-the-british-empire-186807534/

Not really a secret, it's yet another military base. Probably used for enhanced interrogation™ during the Eternity War.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 6 points 5 days ago

Great episodes as well.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 11 points 5 days ago

Anyone care to guess how long before that island is completely submerged due to rising seas?

Doesn't exactly seem like a long-term base.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Never thought I'd get to share this ... Super Sinia does lots of video blogs about her life, she spent many years on Diego Garcia!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxrrYn3RecyCGvmc_0S-C9_NPlUzmiySi

[–] 10_0@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Prolly nukes or military base

The base is also one of an “extremely limited number of places worldwide available to reload submarines” with weapons like Tomahawk missiles.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Military with sigint and some long range radars. Quite a bit if info available online.

I'm probably on some sort of list now :-)

[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

Great reviews on Google maps!

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thatcher-Reagans sex tape.

[–] mibo80@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

must be good if they're going to those lengths just to keep it to themselves.