An Underwater Threat

Posted by Matt in May 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Asian Countries, Balance Of Power, China Threat, Chinese Navy, Deep Water, East Asia, Fanfare, Hainan Island, Indian Ocean Region, Maritime Dominance, Military Power, prosperity, Remarkable Growth, Revelations, Sanya, Sea Routes, South China Sea, submarines, Trade Routes, U S Navy, Underground Facilities, world-war-II

As America and its allies focus their diplomatic energy on the Middle East and Afghanistan, China continues to alter the balance of power in East Asia with little fanfare and even less resistance. Consider recent revelations that China has built a massive new naval base in Sanya, on Hainan Island. The strategically located base, which [...]

China: Let The War Games Begin

Posted by Matt in May 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Nuclear, War, Annual Report, Ballistic Missile Submarines, Beijing China, Capability, Chinese Military Power, Chinese Nuclear Submarines, Cyber Warfare, Defense Ministry, Deng Xiaoping, Foxnews, Goldstein, Hainan Island, India India, India Times, Laser Energy, Low Profile, Maritime Studies, Military Analysts, Military Capabilities, Military Satellites, Naval War College, New Generation, Nuclear War, Pace, Pentagon, Pentagon Report, Regional War, Sanya, Supreme Leader, surprises, Sydney Morning Herald, Taipei Times, Times Of India, War Games, War Time

According to the 2007 edition of the Pentagon’s annual report on Chinese military power, China is developing a capability beyond regional war at a pace that both surprises and concerns U.S. officials, a capability that includes a new generation of ballistic missile submarines and the capability of a first-strike attack on our military satellites.
Appropriately, the [...]

China builds a massive warship base

Posted by Matt in May 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Asia, Fleet, Hainan Island, Hainen Island, Naval Strategy, New York Sun, News Articles, Nuclear Submarines, Sanya, Satellite Pictures, Shoreline, South China Sea, Spy Satellites, Submarine Base, submarines, Tactical Advantage, Threshold, Tunnelling

The maritime arms race in Asia has crossed another threshold with the publication of satellite pictures of a massive Chinese underground submarine and warship base giving it a significant tactical advantage in the strategically important South China Sea.
The naval base has been constructed by tunnelling into the mountainous shoreline of China’s southern Hainan Island near [...]

Analysis: China’s nuclear secret exposed

Posted by Matt in May 1st, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Beaches, China, Expatriates, Hainan, Hainen Island, Hotels, International Relations, Miss World, New Hawaii, Sanya, Southern Tip, Strategists, Tropical Island

China bills the tropical island of Hainan as a new Hawaii. Its sparkling beaches are lined by hotels patronised by western expatriates, Russian package tours and China’s new middle classes.
Sanya, the town on its southern tip, is best known for hosting Miss World in recent years. But right next door, China’s forward-looking naval strategists are [...]

Imagery confirms underground nuclear sub base in China

Posted by Matt in April 19th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Chinese Navy, Hainan Island, Sanya, submarines

High-resolution satellite imagery from Digital Globe has enabled Jane’s to confirm the construction of a major underground nuclear submarine base at Sanya, on Hainan Island off the southern coast of China.
Although Asian military sources first suggested the existence of the base to Jane’s in 2002, the satellite imagery has allowed independent verification for the [...]