India's String of Pearls

On June 27th, the New Delhi-based newspaper Economic Times reported that a May meeting between the three branches of the military, the Coast Guard, and the National Security Advisor's office resulted in the approval of a February 2010 plan to increase security infrastructure in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Lakshadweep chains in the Indian Ocean. Existing facilities will be upgraded over the next decade, with the air strips at Port Blair and Car Nicobar being expanded to

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