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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India worried about China’s growing N-sub prowess
Posted by Matt in May 6th, 2008 | no comment
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China’s Naval Secrets
Posted by Matt in May 5th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Uncategorized, beijing, Dominance, Fleet, Hainan Island, Lifeblood, Military Expansion, Piers, Sea Lanes, Soldiers And Sailors, South China Sea, Southern Tip, Straits Of Malacca, submarines, Surface Warships, Taiwan China, Taiwan Strait, Tensions, Territorial Claims, Underground Base, Wsj
Experts attempting to understand the strategic aims behind China’s aggressive military expansion have generally focused on Taiwan. But a new naval base points at Beijing’s significant and growing interest in projecting power into waters far from the Taiwan Strait. China, in fact, is equipping itself to assert its longstanding and expansive territorial claims in the [...]
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 [...]
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