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

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A.Man

Major
Dec. 13 2014 Image: Fiery Cross Reef or Yongshu Island

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no_name

Colonel
Don't think they'll expand any much larger than the current extent at this stage. Probably just waiting for the sediment to sink and stabilize before building heavy structure on it. The dark blue waters around the reef is actually quite deep from a map I saw - to the orders of hundreds of meters and at some locations thousands of meters deep, not even that far from the reef itself.
 
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joshuatree

Captain
no_name said:
Don't think they'll expand any much larger than the current extent at this stage. Probably just waiting for the sediment to sink and stabilize before building heavy structure on it. The dark blue waters around the reef is actually quite deep from a map I saw - to the orders of hundreds of meters and at some locations thousands of meters deep, not even that far from the reef itself.
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I tend to think they will fill in more of that lower half of the island. You still need room for fuel storage, quarters, hangars if planes are some day to be stationed there. Not to mention support facilities for ships to be based in the well defined harbor at the top half of the island. You can see they filled in a bit in 3 days.
 
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pendragon

Junior Member
No need for any specific military installations!
Think diplomacy!
Now it's just a civil installation; any hostile military action would stir (justified) international outrage!
On the other hand the size of the runway and the corresponding installations means that in the event of any threath, China is able to deploy troops and material in sizeable quantities within a really VERY short notice!
A steel hand within a silk glove.
 
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joshuatree

Captain
pendragon said:
No need for any specific military installations!
Think diplomacy!
Now it's just a civil installation; any hostile military action would stir (justified) international outrage!
On the other hand the size of the runway and the corresponding installations means that in the event of any threath, China is able to deploy troops and material in sizeable quantities within a really VERY short notice!
A steel hand within a silk glove.
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Tarmac, fuel depots, and hangars aren't specific military installations. Just think, one can deploy a bunch of CG helos and turboprops for SAR. Or how about meteorological planes that can fly through typhoons for data and early warning? All beneficial to the civilian sector.
 
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