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China's Man-Made Military Island Outposts, The Dramatic Before And After Photos
There’s been no shortage of coverage both in these pages and elsewhere of China’s unprecedented land reclamation efforts in the Spratlys.
While China isn’t the first country to create new territory in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, the scope of Beijing’s development (some 3,000 acres) sets it apart and the construction of air strips and ports (not to mention the alleged stationing of artillery) has some of Washington’s regional allies especially concerned.
The prospect of China declaring a no-fly zone over its new islands and the idea that the PLA may attempt to curtail the movement of the US navy in and around the Spratly archipelago has only served to exacerbate the situation and now, Fiery Cross Reef has become something of a symbol for China’s maritime ambitions.
While we’ve presented plenty of images depicting China’s progress in turning reefs into sovereign territory, we’ve yet to show the before/after contrast and so, without further ado, here are the images which show the extent to which Beijing is literally redrawing maritime boundaries in disputed waters.
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In the CHINA sea.
Many similar islands to be made around the world in future with fill composed of Euro notes, FRN's, Yen, Yuan, etc.
Big fucking deal. Murican Younighted States vaporized more land than that in the South Pacific during the fourties, fifties, and sixties atomic bomb tests to build all them there islands ten times over.
Buncha posers and hosers compared to that, without the media drama.
Wake me up when they invade Spokane, and then we'el talk.
WOLVERINES !!!
China = the next fascist Fourth Reich.
Beware...
.....meanwhile in America, NEgRO Fiddles While Rome Burns
It looks like Obama is scheduled for another round of "GOLF" with Ben Finkenbinder....Obama's 19th Hole......
WHY THE SOCIALIST JEW MEDAI (ET AL) BLACKOUT regarding Obama's PlayTwinks? I remember 24/7 socialist jew media coverage of REPUBLICAN Senator Larry Craig being an accused faggot for 'tapping his toes in a mensroom stall".....
Where are all the Greenpeace boats protesting the destruction of these reefs? They must be so busy protesting the Obama wars they can't take time out for this.
Unlike the US, which just sailed up to islands that were already big enough and told the local populations that they'd been conquered and were now property of the USA. e.g. Hawaii
yeah thats just a name stupid. Take a look at the map. preferably a chinese: http://ditu.baidu.com/
You think those claims look reasonable?
I cant believe they didnt have enough ruining their own country. Now they have to take the life of some of the most beautiful reefs the world got to offer. In addition I guess they will make the entire area quite inaccessable.
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I suppose you think everything in the Gulf of Mexico belongs to Mexico. Great thinking!
It all looks great until Mother Nature has her say. The Chineese had better have made these islands Tsunami proof, or these "islands" is become the new "Atlantis" ....
Fire up the George Bush Katrina Storm Machine!
Oh, and we need updates on the propaganda pics of the female soldiers in camouflage on these islands. Those sweet Sirens !!!
"It may be their country but it is in my world"...BHO's advisor of the day...."make war. not love" BHO's other advisor.
Shit.. lets just have a war, Barry needs one and he ain't gonna be the one doing the dyin'.
what exactly am I looking at..
The start of another war.
...or at least an excuse for a war.
We will always have war because we believe we will always have war.
Admiral Harris "South China Sea is no more China's than the Gulf of Mexico is Mexico's"
chinese does not like him for a reason, and he does not like chinese either. there would be a problem for the us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_B._Harris_Jr.
Pretty Cool.
Similar Parental Situation, and even born in the same Location. Since he's a General Engineering Major (we all Minor in it), he was probably a Recruited Athlete.
Went NFO (aka, the "N"o "F"uture "O"utside the Navy), P-3s (Semper Per Diem - rcving Per Diem while on Deployment, since they ride planes ), pretty much the "Slacker" end of the Navy.
Yes, they hunt Subs; but they can only stay aloft for so many HOURS until they have to land on a large airfield with Hotels, Restaurants, Bars, and Local Amenities.
No offense; but the running theme is, that many a "recruited athlete" who made it through Annapolis by choosing the "Remedial" Majors like, General Engineering, Physical Science, and Oceanography; and end up making a 20-30Year Career in the Navy since they have "No Future Outside" (they don't - for the most part - get drafted into Pro Sports (and shouldn't - I don't mind extented Reserve Obligations when we're not at War), nor are they recruited for their shear talent). The exceptions are for the case where their Leadership Acumen matches up with the Industry/Company requirements.
Though we boast a Physically Fit (many a HS/College Level+ Potential) and very well rounded Student Body(Brigade), a P3 NFO with a General Engineering Major who Fenced fits the "Slacker Profile among the Alumni.
One of my schoolmates (similar situation, his Late Father was an Army O-6), did a similar Career Path post-Annapolis. P-3s in Hawaii for most of his Career.
Knowing what I know now; and considering how much Tech goes into Fleet Units, I'd make a Hard Deck at (the old school) SAT Math 600+ for Applicants, then remove Remedial and "Bull" (Hum/SS) Majors. No lowering the Bar for Minorities and Women.
That's not a popular decision; but the Academies are to prep up future Military Officers - they're not for the Sports Industry. I don't care if the Academy loses Football Games to Regional Schools. Considering the Caliber/Intellect Required of Graduates (and the Jobs they hold), they're better off joining up with the Ivy League.
I'm surprised to see a P-3 Type as a Full Admiral, let alone as COMPACFLT and CDRUSPACOM (Who changed these Acronyms, anyway?). Figure they'd have a Fighter Jet Jockey / RIO, or an Attack Jet B/N / Pilot representing those roles from the Aviation Community.
Good for him. Are there any more JPNese American Flag Officers? Probably not. Don't think they are more than a few - maybe a dozen - O-6s.
Are these photos from the same satellites that can't seem to find ISIS?
Nor could they find the plane downed over Ukraine. Ya those satellites, generously donated by the taxpayers of the USA.
about 3,000 acres... which sounds huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge, or
4 1/2 square miles which doesn't sound so huge, or
or one quater of the size of Washington Dulles airport divided among all the construction sites, or
about the same amount as of ocean that was reclamed by China when they built Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong
... which is about twice as big as Palm Jumeirah
Don't ask such open ended questions...
Minerva was early...
These 'bases' are literally built on atolls which are exactly at sea level. A typhoon of any significance and these will go poof in a heart beat.
They forgot about HAARP.
Those atoll did survive typhoon. So my guess is that they might be slighly underwater while the typhoon last but then they might resurface pretty much intact. Also, we have actualy no idea how high above the water are those atoll right now
A tsunami wave is a displacement earth on the bottom of an ocean that sets in motion a displacement of an equal volume of water, as measured by change in height of the ocean (wave height) times length of the displacement in the earth (wavelength).
Tsunami waves are usually of the order of a hundred miles long but the displacment of the underlying rock is only a foot or two. This long shallow wave that is only 1 to 2 feet tall won't interact with the tiny atolls (which are much smaller than the wavelength of the tsunami and therefore 'bend around them' just as radio waves bend around buildings. Assuming the Chinese have designed the atolls to surviving storm conditions, they will easily survive tsunami waves.
When the tsunami wave approaches a long shallow coastline, it will interact with the coastline, so that the wavelength becomes reduced by compression from the rising ocean bottom. This causes the height of the tsunami wave to build up inversely as the wavelength decreases, so that a wave height of 20 to 40 feet can be reached.
Drop an A-Bomb 150 mi out... And ride the wave...
Island never existed
I like it. A quick nuclear attack on Chinese territory will get rid of a lot of problems for the US.
Problems like New York, Chicago, LA, Houston, and about a thousand other trouble spots between Canada and Mexico.
The rest of the world will celebrate.
hope we get to keep the free China to USA postal delivery service.... MFN status late 1990s opened Pandora's Box as to "free trade" potentialities ... one super freighter with 20,000 =+ containers full of Cargo Cult goods for the amuriCaNs ... has anyone done a study of how many ship transfers import we need per month/quarterly , etc ...?
Typical American.
How is the Sharia studies group going?
So, the Pope will be chastising the Chi-Coms for this enviromental destruction...right? ;-)
Those images are a standing testament of the greenish world's utter hypocrisy.
Exactly. Where's the outrage, all you environmentalists? Go have a protest in Beijing or something.
"PLA may attempt to curtail the movement of the US navy in and around the Spratly archipelago has only served to exacerbate the situation" ?!?!?
Let the Americans go where they will or you will have started a war by denying them such?
Damn those antagonistic defenders. How dare they defend their waters. The feud with Japan is an artifice to shield the fact that the US has threatened Japan not to join the AIIB. And they thought the BRICS was a problem. No comparison.
If China can't play nice, the US will crush Japan and send China into a tailspin.
Defend "their" waters? Bullshit. Twelve miles out and it belongs to no one. PERIOD.
Yeah, like Cuba, riiiight!
How many miles out are American warships? China suffered the ills of gunboat diplomacy with Britain and John Kerry's grandfather bringing in opium. Fool me once...
Who could blame them?
Besides, international waters and disputed islands are not the same thing. By that logic, Hawaii should belong to no one!?!
Twelve miles, dickhead.
You don't seem to understand the concept of 'water' vs. that of 'land'. International waters start 12 miles away from land. An island cannot be surrounded by international waters unless nobody claims it. Japan is also claiming some of these islands. So nobody gets them? Buy a map.
Ok you two. Let's not have a fight here with the hostile words, cursing, and microaggressions. Let's move on to the next topic.
I just don't want you to scare away the tender college kids.
Helloooooo?
China is claiming the whole god damned area, MORON. See the map.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dotted_line#/media/File:9_dotted_line...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dotted_line
So its pretty much an aircraft carrier that can't move.
I dont understand why they didnt just save themselves the money and build like 10 super aircraft carriers.
If given the choice between giant immobile rock or a fleet of new battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers, its a no brainer for me... an armed mobile nuclear platform is far superior to a rock that cant move and will have the shit bombed out of it in any major conflict.
If a war started these islands would be wiped out in hours.
In a war, the aircraft carriers will have a lifespan of 20 minutes. All on the bottom with their planes crew, guns, missiles, etc. An aircraft carrier is an obsolete relic from another era.
Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, India, Pakistan, all have ahd these unstoppable antishipping missiles for a long time. They can be mounted on battleships, cargo ships, fishing boats, airplanes, land, or submarines. China has recently developed new ones that drop in from space at 5X the speed of sound.
An aircraft carrier is like an old, fat white guy walking in the hood on a hot Saturday night.
I don't completely disagree, however wake me when they're at the bottom.
There have been high value targets since war began.
Carriers were high value targets in 1941 which is why they weren't at Pearl Harbor on December 7th.
Aircraft carriers cannot attach any legal claim to the seabed they float over.
http://www.pcacases.com/web/view/7
Building the bases is probably the most expensive legal defense in history (against a Philipine argument that will be made during the arbitration). If the Chinese continue to boycott the proceedings or lose, it makes enforcement of any award problematic (see Nicaragua v. United States). In the meantime the rule of the game is you snooze, you lose (see Cambodia v. Thailand). If you ever have to write an opinion that can be summarized as "if you want to protect your legal claim and case, you need to up the body count and kill some people ASAP" - you'll realize just how fucking insane the system is...
It looks like the party is getting interesting.
Korea News!: USA to build new Military base in Spratly Islands -Negotiation with Philippines Government
Maybe Cuba will build one a little closer to Miami.
Those are FEMA camps, my friends.
where's murica's business 8,000 miles away?
So I guess the superior Chinese intellect and education system isn't placing much credence to the whole raising sea levels super storm global warming thing.
Arent' these islands new vacation spots? Islands don't just pop up like they use too... so why wait for a volcano or whatever to spew one up.
Help Wanted:
Nubile Cabanaboys
Pix of Sirens or it dinnit happen.
What Moses did to the Red Sea for the Hebrews, Xi will do to South China Sea for the Children of the Spratlys.
It was so written in the Book of Sesame Chicken before the Great Wall could be seen from orbit.
Surfin the China Sea by the Hong Kongs
Go Pittsburgh
Wait...the Chinese ran out of room to build ghost cities..so the workers are building ghost islands...
Pretty cool. More power to them. Let the Chinese be Chinese.
Better dead than Red.
USSA blows up, invades and genocides. China builds!
Onward to the end of the Saudi Mercan I$I$ "backed" fiat toilet paper petroscrip filth clogging the Ponzi sewer of the Potemkin Village (idiot) USSA "economy"!
No wonder asian tribes up to and including Japan are arming up and tearing up Constitutions.
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Where are the filthy-leftist-liberal-progressives screaming about the fllthy Chinese and the ecological damage?
Crickets.
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