We spent two years visiting off-the-beaten track nuclear sites for our new book, A Nuclear Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry. But we’re often asked: Why didn’t you visit the former plutonium productions plants at Hanford? What about the Bangor nuclear submarine base? Will you be diving the atomic wrecks in Bikini Atoll?
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Nuclear Vacationing: Next Year in North Korea?
Posted by Matt in June 13th, 2008 | no comment
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China’s Nuclear Submarine Base at Jianggezhuang
Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, Military, Ballistic Missile Submarine, Bay 1, China, Dry Dock, Eastern Portion, Google, Google Image, Google Maps, Image Check, Image Maps, Jianggezhuang Naval Base, Nuclear Attack Submarines, Nuclear Submarine Base, Nuclear Submarines, Piers, Qingdao, Submarine Tunnel, Underground, Wikimapia, Xia, Yellow Sea
Jianggezhuang is a Chinese naval base approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Qingdao on the Yellow Sea. The base spans a bay 1.2 miles (1.9 km) across, with the main facilities located in the eastern portion of the bay. There are six piers, a dry dock, various service facilities and an underground submarine tunnel.
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India worried about China’s growing N-sub prowess
Posted by Matt in May 6th, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, India, Military, Absence, Agni Iii Missile, Calcutta, Crosswalk, Defence Establishment, Extent, Fleet, Hainan Island, India, Indian Defence, Islamic Republic News, Islamic Republic News Agency, Missiles, New Delhi, News Articles, Nuclear Submarine Base, Prowess, Republic News Agency, Satellite Pictures, Sheer, South China Sea, Southern Tip, Submarine Reports, submarines, Tabs, Underground
NEW DELHI: The absence of nuclear-powered submarines armed with nuclear-tipped missiles has come back to haunt the Indian defence establishment, even though plans are afoot to test the China-specific Agni-III missile within this week.
Though tabs were being kept on China’s underground nuclear submarine base on the southern tip of the Hainan Island in South China [...]
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