Myself i have been to the secret " but well known" Diego Garcia base...just 1 hour flight from South Sri Lanka
I am not sure if all people on the forum knows...that one of the biggest and important american bases in the world and its very close to Sri Lanka.
Over 3000 Staff just to maintain...
Not all numbers out of colombo is beliveable :) . Alot of big loans to be repaid the comming hundreds of years .
But to get economic growth with loaned money is not hard. Think about it in your personal way if you got 1 milion dollars and you buy a smal shop and suddenly your economic grow...