PLAN SCS Bases/Islands/Vessels (Not a Strategy Page)
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Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
China build 2 more dredgingging ships simultaneously
antiterror13
Brigadier
highly unlikely while Du30 still in power, but if the next Philippine president like Benigno Aquino III ... you'd bet China would do that in no time ... China is very much ready to start reclamating and developing Scarborough Shoal for sometime now
duncanidaho
Junior Member
I would say no affection, since the reclaimed islands are not on the track of typhoon Mangkut.
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Nansha weather stations start operating, to provide forecasts, warnings
By Liu Caiyu Source:Global Times Published: 2018/10/31 14:18:40
A photo taken on April 5 shows the lighthouse on the Nansha Islands' Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea. Photo: Xinhua
Meteorological stations in the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea officially began operating on Wednesday, which will help fishermen and ships receive accurate weather forecasts.
Meteorological facilities on Yongshu Reef, Zhubi Reef and Meiji Reef, including meteorological stations, aerological stations and weather radar, will offer round-the-clock weather forecasts, China Meteorological Administration announced on Wednesday.
Fishermen and passing vessels will be provided with weather warnings as the South China Sea frequently experiences typhoons, rainstorms and thick fog.
The administration said the facilities will help monitor real-time weather, offering weather forecasts and early warning for marine traffic, rescues and fishermen.
Global Times
By Liu Caiyu Source:Global Times Published: 2018/10/31 14:18:40
A photo taken on April 5 shows the lighthouse on the Nansha Islands' Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea. Photo: Xinhua
Meteorological stations in the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea officially began operating on Wednesday, which will help fishermen and ships receive accurate weather forecasts.
Meteorological facilities on Yongshu Reef, Zhubi Reef and Meiji Reef, including meteorological stations, aerological stations and weather radar, will offer round-the-clock weather forecasts, China Meteorological Administration announced on Wednesday.
Fishermen and passing vessels will be provided with weather warnings as the South China Sea frequently experiences typhoons, rainstorms and thick fog.
The administration said the facilities will help monitor real-time weather, offering weather forecasts and early warning for marine traffic, rescues and fishermen.
Global Times
To be fair, Vietnam has significant capability to defend them in case of hostilities. They hold a huge grographical advantage, after all.
PiSigma
"the engineer"
Vietnam holds no geographical advantages vis-a-vis China. The distance to their holdings in the spratlys is basically the same, but they have worse ships. Also their most modern submarines (kilos) are also operated by China.
The problem Vietnam have right now is they have a lot of holdings, but many are like China's early 2000 stations of small islands that can't really hold their own or defendable (thus the expansions on some). Also can't hold anything heavy to threaten ships or planes outside of a couple of miles.
If there really are fighting, most of these outposts would just get bypassed (let them starve out) or get shelled a few times and gone in a hour. The focus would be on the bigger islands.