But it sure helps to not have loose lips (like the Los Angeles Times and their unindicted co-conspirators)
And topher replied:
Not sure what all is on Diego Garcia, but one thread had 1500 Americans there, and I imagine there a few British citizens as well [former British that we decided to lease I think].
Diego Garcia is a joint US/UK installation. Think "really big aircraft carrier that doesn't move." It serves as a depot for US equipment that can be deployed all over that part of the world. Tom Clancy has some great coverage of it in Executive Orders with "task force Comedy," a military supply convoy being deployed to Iraq led by a real ROLO ship, the USNS Bob Hope. They go into harms way blaring "Thanks For The Memories" over the loudspeakers. I love it.
USNS BOB HOPE
Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ship
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USNS Bob Hope is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 28 ships in the Sealift Program Office.
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There is a Diego Garcia web site which gives a good summary of what their mission is. All public information. No risks.
It is obvious from the picture that a tidal wave could do real damage, but it's also obvious that this is a peak, with no "shallows" for the tidal wave to build up. Tidal waves don't effect ships at sea in deep water. They only become dangerous when they reach shallow water and rise up with the rising ocean floor. I'm betting the sides of Diego Garcia don't "rise" so much as go straight up. It would mean the effect would be more like that on a ship at sea.