Satellite Pictures Reveal Massive Chinese Nuclear Submarine Base, says Pentagon
May 4, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
The pictures, obtained by respected military magazine Jane’s Intelligence Review, have raised concerns that the Chinese have carved out a secret base straight out of the plot of a James Bond thriller.
They show vast tunnel entrances that are thought to lead to huge caverns capable of hiding up to 20 nuclear submarines from spy satellites.
Sanya is a fast-developing holiday resort that has hosted the Miss World competition since 2003. It is on Hainan Island, which is about 160 miles from the coast of Vietnam.
Jane’s Intelligence Review says the base has implications “for China’s control of the South China Sea and the strategically vital straits in the area, and underlines Beijing’s desire to assert tighter control over this region”.
