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Why India is paying millions for world's emptiest airport

| Jul 05, 2018, 04:47:46 PM | GIST
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Mattala International Airport in southern Sri Lanka hold the dubious tag of being the world's emptiest airport. Yet India is paying millions for it. That's because the airport is India's answer to Chinese domination and limit Beijing's influence in the island nation.

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Mark-48 Torpedo: The Deadly US Weapon That Delivered 'Quiet Death' To IRIS Dena | EXPLAINED

In a historic and devastating underwater strike, a US submarine has sunk the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean using a Mark-48 torpedo. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the "quiet death" of the vessel, marking the first time an American torpedo has sunk an enemy warship since World War II as the conflict with Iran expands across global waters.In a historic and devastating underwater strike, a US submarine has sunk the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean using a Mark-48 torpedo. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the "quiet death" of the vessel, marking the first time an American torpedo has sunk an enemy warship since World War II as the conflict with Iran expands across global waters.In a historic and devastating underwater strike, a US submarine has sunk the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean using a Mark-48 torpedo. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the "quiet death" of the vessel, marking the first time an American torpedo has sunk an enemy warship since World War II as the conflict with Iran expands across global waters.In a historic and devastating underwater strike, a US submarine has sunk the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean using a Mark-48 torpedo. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the "quiet death" of the vessel, marking the first time an American torpedo has sunk an enemy warship since World War II as the conflict with Iran expands across global waters.

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