Even USA wont need BD... I do not hate BD as its our friend country but I am just purely talking by looking at geography.... Don't know why some members here have this delusion of strategic importance of BD. Take a look of this BoB map.... If USA opens up bases in BD then it will be cornered up to the north of BoB in small territory like BD where they will be highly vulnerable to supersonic missile attacks and even HIMARS type of Chinese rocket artillery from Myanmar....
whereas India not only gives them a large strategic depth but also access to north from Orissa or to south from Andhra-Tamilnadu in BoB due to her sheer size... Look where the Andamans are located which are Indian islands....Malacca as well BoB both maritime traffic can be blocked from here.... why go to BD in this case??? USA navy IOR fleet alone is capable of blockading entire Chinese naval movements here lets not even talk if Indian navy too joins....
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