LF mate, you also started a thread about India giving a base to Russia in the Indian Ocean, I suppose. Though giving a base to Russia is much better than giving base to the Americans, but the fact is the Russian navy is limited in its ability of power projection. Russian vessels rarely venture out as far as the Indian Ocean, they are mostly travel the Arctic areas, Black sea and the Barents sea. As for the American, they have well established base in Diego Garcia which can be used to stage all sorts of naval and aerial ops anywhere in South Asia, the Middle east and Africa. So why would they need a new base since Diego Garcia falls in IOR ? And finally, I want to ask who are we to decide to whom we should give a naval base to ! Its not that that we own the Indian Ocean just because its in our backyard, rather we should ask that whether we are comfortable with a foreign power having a base in our backyard. As for the US base in Diego Garcia, I think it hardly matters to the IN or the government as it has been around for more than 20 years now and they are not hostile towards us. The only concern at present is that a hostile power (China) doesn't come up with a base in any country surrounding India. Finally, when the Far Eastern Naval Command is completely upgraded, then I don't think anybody would be able to challenge such a massive buildup and we won't need any foreign power's intervention in IOR other than the Americans who will always be there !!