What does “climate strategic” mean?
“.... climate strategic Diego Garcia near Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf. ....”
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Oops, thanks. That meant to say “eliminate strategic Diego Garcia.”
It might be a viable explanation, given that they would shoot down incoming threats. If they killed a bunch of civilians in the process, I doubt zero would have the cahonies to admit it to the world, so that’s why I think it’s a possibility. But it’s also listed as my 3rd guess.
Oh, and I think there are unlimited long and lonely stretches of dry lake beds and roads throughout Central Asia and the Middle East where it could have landed with aid from the ground.
Edwards Air Force Base uses a dry lake bed for huge aircraft from time to time. It wouldn’t necessarily take a runway to land the thing.