World War 3: China builds UNDERWATER military base in disputed South China Sea

[rangerrebew]

World War 3: China builds UNDERWATER military base in disputed South China Sea

CHINA is constructing a secret underground military base on an island in the South China Sea, further ratcheting up tension in the disputed waters.
By Ciaran McGrath
PUBLISHED: 08:06, Sat, Nov 24, 2018 | UPDATED: 11:11, Sat, Nov 24, 2018


Satellite images revealed a “new structure” on Bombay Reef in the Paracel Islands, beefing up the superpower’s already heavy presence in the disputed waters. The new construction, which has appeared in the last three months features a 90ft long and 40ft wide platform raised from the water. And also boasts a radar dome measuring 20ft in diameter, with solar panels covering more than 1,300 square feet.

China has been fortifying several reefs and atolls, chiefly on the Spratly Islands.

Rival claimants, including Taiwan and Vietnam, have voiced their concern about developments.

The US and its allies have flown or sailed near to the structures as part “freedom of navigation” exercises, and US researchers say the building on Bombay Reef, which is equipped with a solar panel array and radar system, could be quickly replicated on islands elsewhere in the South China Sea.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1049455/world-war-3-china-underwater-military-base-south-china-sea-united-states

[Idaho_Cowboy]

I can't decide if China is getting their ideas from James Bond movies or Johnny Quest cartoons.

[Fishrrman]

Idaho Cowpoke wrote:
"I can't decide if China is getting their ideas from James Bond movies or Johnny Quest cartoons."

It doesn't matter.

In twenty or thirty years, they're going to have built enough of these "new bases" to own the whole place. And nobody's going to have the wherewithal, or more importantly, the WILL, to challenge them on it.