until declassified CIA reports emerged,nobody could believe that India gave its decommissioned airbase to operate U2 spy aircraft.
India only allow spy plane to station in India to spy against China after the Indo-Sino war. India didn't allow US troop or naval base in India that a big different. Allow army boots on the ground different from allow spy plane to fly over India airspace to spy on China. Completely two different cases, US never colonized India and US did colonized Phillippines in the past. India didn't allow British to station their troop on India soil after they left the continent.
India only allow spy plane to station in India to spy against China after the Indo-Sino war. India didn't allow US troop or naval base in India that a big different. Allow army boots on the ground different from allow spy plane to fly over India airspace to spy on China. Completely two different cases, US never colonized India and US did colonized Phillippines in the past. India didn't allow British to station their troop on India soil after they left the continent.