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

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delft

Brigadier
Geographer said:
China's outpost at Mischief Reef has evolved since the Philippines first discovered some Chinese activity in the 1990s.

First there were just three huts on stilts for fishermen.

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Then there was a three story building and long, wooden covered area.

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The most recent picture show several changes. The number of huts has been increased to five. The wooden covered area is gone. And the three story building has been rebuilt.

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Notice how the loading dock and its stairway has changed positions. The new building itself is larger than before and closer to the huts.

This image shows Mischief Reef from space. The PLAN has dredged a canal to allow larger boats to access the fort. Can anyone find it on Google Earth?

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Nice pieces of civil engineering. For the larger buildings I would think of a caisson being sunk on a prepared piece of sea bottom, after which the prefabricated buildings can be put on top. Does anyone know how it was done?
 
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leibowitz

Junior Member
ahadicow said:
Yes, western analysis is funny to watch especially when they try to project themsalves onto chinese. All those talks about China "flexing its military muscle" I mean !?????? Have you ever seen a chinese man flexing his muscle? A chinese would never flex their muscle in front of the enemy, they are well-mannered and inconspicious and silently ploting your downfall. When they move, it's usually a cut to the throat. so I guess "the lack of transparency" charge is legit.
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Aaaaand the award for the most racist comment on this forum goes to... Ahadicow! Come on down and claim your prize today!
 
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Dolcevita

Major
Survey of Ganquan Island

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A marine surveillance helicopter flies over the Ganquan Island, an uninhabited island of the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, March 11, 2013. Crew members aboard the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 262 patrolled the Ganquan Island on Monday. (Xinhua/Wei Hua)

A marine surveillance officer notes down geographical information at a ruin on the Ganquan Island, an uninhabited island of the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, March 11, 2013. Crew members aboard the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 262 patrolled the Ganquan Island on Monday. (Xinhua/Wei Hua)

Marine surveillance officers investigate an ancient well and the water in it on the Ganquan Island, an uninhabited island of the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, March 11, 2013. Crew members aboard the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 262 patrolled the Ganquan Island on Monday. (Xinhua/Wei Hua)
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pendragon

Junior Member
Dolcevita said:
Survey of Ganquan Island
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Any such activity in the spraly's?
Just what is pla navy doing in/around the spratly's?
Which vessels are deployed to patrol the area and to resupply the garrisons?
It looks like PRC is keeping a low profile in order not to disturb its neighbours and the international media,
now it's confronting nippon over another set of islands.
Yet "being a good old fellow" has never brought anyone any justice in international conflict.
 
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joshuatree

Captain
pendragon said:
Any such activity in the spraly's?
Just what is pla navy doing in/around the spratly's?
Which vessels are deployed to patrol the area and to resupply the garrisons?
It looks like PRC is keeping a low profile in order not to disturb its neighbours and the international media,
now it's confronting nippon over another set of islands.
Yet "being a good old fellow" has never brought anyone any justice in international conflict.
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I agree it's being kept a lower profile. I think the type 037s do the bulk of the resupply runs. In the video below, a recent naval flotilla on exercise appeared to have transferred supplies to a type 037 and it appeared to have eventually made port calls to the outposts in the Spratlys.

[video=youtube;eFeVDWQEOkM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eFeVDWQEOkM[/video]

I'm interested in what the other claimants use to resupply their outposts. Do the Taiwanese use their C-130s to resupply Taiping as the norm? I think the Filipinos use their landing craft to make resupply runs. No clue on what the Vietnamese use as their standard resupply method but they do tend to make their visits into propaganda pieces. I know even less on Malaysia. :confused:
 
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