Capt.Popeye
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US doesn't need Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Its got Diego Garcia.
BTW, its nice to have listening stations all over Indian ocean and Oman etc. but you've gotta know that in case of a full fledge war, these would be taken out probably on the first day, either through diplomacy or muscle.
If it is gonna be through "diplomacy", then it can be done much earlier; even before the Station is set up.
And if it is gonna be by "muscle", then that involves declaring War on the host country. Now, just fancy you or anybody else (like China) declaring War on Seychelles or Oman or Madagascar or Reunion or Mauritius.
How?
With a cork bung in the bottle-neck (or the strategic quivalent), thats how.