Still, when it actually happens it will mark a new era in Chinese military history.
I totally agree, this will be a turning point in PLAN history. this should be the real deal because I saw foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying's response to a question asked about this ''Djiouti base'' and the way how she didn't deny this news, makes this very credible.
they might play around with words and not call it a military base, (call it something really pedestrian like "maritime logistics support center'') but a spade is a spade.