Pentagon Shifts Logistics to Diego Garcia After Iran Hits Bahrain Base, Stretching 2,200-Mile Supply Route
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
Pentagon Shifts Logistics to Diego Garcia After Iran Hits Bahrain Base, Stretching 2,200-Mile Supply Route
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
Summary
The Pentagon has rerouted wartime logistics to Diego Garcia after an Iranian strike on a major U.S. installation in Bahrain, moving support operations farther from Gulf bases exposed to missile attack.
That shift pushes supplies across a roughly 2,200-mile maritime route to the U.K.-U.S. base, reducing vulnerability to Iranian strikes but slowing replenishment and lengthening shuttle runs for deployed forces.
Diego Garcia, which hosts about 2,500 U.S. personnel, has supported carrier strike groups including the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose deployment is nearing nine months as Washington prepares a replacement carrier.
The base's renewed importance is also feeding a sovereignty dispute: a 2025 U.K.-Mauritius treaty to transfer the Chagos Islands while preserving a 99-year Diego Garcia lease was later paused over U.S. concerns.