PLAN SCS Bases/Islands/Vessels (Not a Strategy Page)

Hendrik_2000

Lieutenant General
That's a nice picture, is it a fan art or is it an actual photo taken ? If it is the latter, then I am genuinely surprised that the plane managed to get that close, and the pilot has got to have some really big balls to do that.

On a personal opinion, I am thinking that the island could use some additional touch up. Perhaps another runway on the opposite end of the existing one, and another deep sea port on the opposite end.................... for redundancy of course, not that I am suggesting anything but a single runway and port can be easily shut down.

It is real photo taken about year and half ago A bit outdated If you go back couple of pages you can see some more photo on the which is rare. It is huge development equaling a small city for 10000 peoples based on Yongxing development which become the template for the other 3 large island
Basically it mimic the typical Chinese airfield base on shore cum small harbor.
They do try to maintain food self sufficiently by having large green house, pig farm and even pond
and plant nursery for landscaping no wonder with fruit tree etc. so that the only staples that need to be transported is grain. IN the future they need to add larger facility such as larger desalination plant , nuclear power plant, sewage and garbage treatment, school, library, movie house. It still along way until completion maybe one more year. Yongxing or Woody island has civilian population with all the above facility. It will make a strong case for de Facto sovereignty over the island. The best kind of legal argument

You can't do that because opfor will try to mine the harbor What is needed is organic anti mining vessel, small submarine maybe Song and type 56 vesel with complement of KQ200, KJ200,Anti Sub helicopter and of course a squadron long range fighter like J 11BH.
My wish list would include a small navy maintenance depot for military and civilian use, facility for Fishing fleet and reserve small section of the harbor for commercial shipping allowing commercial fleet, sea militia to maintain longer and persistent present to support those bases with food and intelligence
 
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It is real photo taken about year and half ago A bit outdated If you go back couple of pages you can see some more photo on the which is rare. It is huge development equaling a small city for 10000 peoples based on Yongxing development which become the template for the other 3 large island
Basically it mimic the typical Chinese airfield base on shore cum small harbor

You can't do that because opfor will try to mine the harbor What is needed is organic anti mining vessel, small submarine maybe Song and type 56 vesel with complement of KQ200, KJ200,Anti Sub helicopter and of course a squadron long range fighter like J 11BH.
My wish list would include a small navy maintenance depot for military and civilian use, facility for Fishing fleet and reserve small section of the harbor for commercial shipping allowing commercial fleet, sea militia to maintain longer and persistent present to support those bases with food and intelligence

Hm is that so, well the threat of the opfor mining the harbor is an ever present threat. Having 2 harbours can help multiply the workload the enemy has to.
It would seem that the SCS is going to brewing for the next couple of years at least.................... Not taking sides here or anything, but just stating the obvious.
 

Hendrik_2000

Lieutenant General
I agree they need another small harbor for commercial fishing and rest recovery facility. Anywya here GT take on the recent article of AMTI
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S.China Sea island construction strengthens defense, helps locals
Island residents enjoy stable power supply, fresh water
China has accelerated construction and enhanced its military presence on South China Sea islands and shoals over the past year as territorial tensions with neighboring countries are subsiding.

China's construction projects in the South China Sea region covered about 290,000 square meters in 2017, including new facilities for underground storage, administrative buildings and large radar, according to a report released on nanhai.haiwainet.cn, a website jointly run by the National Marine Data and Information Service and the People's Daily Overseas Edition.

The report added that China has reasonably expanded the area of South China Sea Islands, in order to enhance military defense capability within its sovereign scope and improve the lives of people living on the islands.

One of the most outstanding achievements of South China Sea's island-building is the increase of civilian facilities in these islands. These improve their public service capacity and help to maintain sovereignty over the islands, Chen Xiangmiao, a research fellow with the National Institute for the South China Sea, told the Global Times.

Residents of Sansha city on Yongxing Island, South China's Hainan Province will have a more stable power supply once a floating nuclear power platform has been put into use. People on some islands have installed seawater desalination facilities.

A fleet of offshore nuclear platforms, a civilian-military integration project, are reportedly to be commissioned before 2020, the Chinese news site thepaper.cn reported in November.

The website's report said that the defense capability on these islands has also been improved with more professional troops being stationed there.

The number of students in Yongxing's school in Sansha, which is located in the southernmost point of China, has increased from six to 23 this year, said the report, adding that Sansha's government has also built libraries and stadiums to enrich people's lives.


The size of some South China Sea Islands will be further expanded in the future with more dredging vessels, such as the Tiankun working on the land reclamation projects in the South China Sea region, said Chen, adding that a regional transportation network in South China Sea has also begun to shape up in recent years. Over 680 flights have taken off from Yongxing airport since the end of 2016, China News Service reported in December.

The island-building also helps China to fulfill its international responsibility, including maritime search and rescue, navigation safety and environment protection, Chen added.

Sansha city for the first time held "sea-sky three-dimensional" joint search and rescue exercises in June, a move to improve Sansha's ability to respond to maritime rescue and ensure safe navigation of passing ships.

Necessary military deployment

However, some foreign media and governments continue to hype China's moves in this region, stirring unnecessary worries from neighboring countries and posing a threat to China's island-building activities, experts noted.

The US think tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative on December 14 published satellite photos, which allegedly were taken in the South China Sea region, showing airbases, radar towers and missile defense systems. "Carrying out peaceful construction and deploying necessary defense equipment in our own territory is part of China's sovereignty," said Liu Feng, a Hainan-based expert on the South China Sea.

Liu added China's deployment of defense equipment is necessary for defense and control of the maritime situation.

"It's a necessary move for China to have defense equipment considering that we are now facing threats from the US and other countries because of the US fighters' frequent visits to the area and other countries constantly holding military drills in this region," Liu said.

The relationship between China and other Southeast Asia countries, such as the Philippines, has calmed in recent years, providing a golden opportunity for China to upgrade these areas, said Chen, while urging China and other Southeast Asia countries to conduct more effective dialogue and cooperation on the South China Sea issue.


Newspaper headline: China develops island bases
 

antiterror13

Brigadier
That's a nice picture, is it a fan art or is it an actual photo taken ? If it is the latter, then I am genuinely surprised that the plane managed to get that close, and the pilot has got to have some really big balls to do that.

On a personal opinion, I am thinking that the island could use some additional touch up. Perhaps another runway on the opposite end of the existing one, and another deep sea port on the opposite end.................... for redundancy of course, not that I am suggesting anything but a single runway and port can be easily shut down.

you are new here .... and obviously you haven't followed the progress what China has done in SCS. It IS A REAL PHOTO, way back ... now will be even more impressive!!!
 

davidau

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now latest view of Yongshu [spelling?] man-made island...
happy 2018 to all..

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then..
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