COCO
ISLAND – GEOGRAPHY
News:
Chinese dual use
facilities in Myanmar and Sri Lanka raises security concerns in India
What's
in the news?
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The construction of a military facility on
Coco Islands in Myanmar and a
proposed remote satellite receiving ground station system in Sri Lanka, both
coming up with Chinese help, have raised concerns in India of possible
surveillance across the region.
Key
takeaways:
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Recent
satellite images show the construction of a military facility on Coco Islands,
located very close to India’s Andaman
and Nicobar Island chain.
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In the second case, sources said China has
proposed setting up a remote satellite receiving ground station system through
a collaborative effort between the Aerospace Information Research Institute
under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Ruhuna in southern
Sri Lanka.
Go
back to basics:
Other
geopolitical sites in Myanmar:
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Sittwe
Port - Myanmar
Spring
Revolution:
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Myanmar is undergoing the intense labour
pains of its own “Spring Revolution” (as they call it) to replace military rule in Myanmar once and for all with a federal,
democratic union.