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Lieutenant General
Great set of pictures this shows clearly that China is not just building a port and runway but the entire infrastructure to establish a self sufficient air force and naval base outside of mainland China
When China was looking for the down MH370 it became clear that China really needs overseas bases to port at its just not good enough to send replenishment tankers you need to dock you need rest and you need to relax it's important for moral of sailors
This will give China good experience on how to build up oversea bases and how it's done start at home then in the South China Sea and in the future we could see such bases in foreign country's?
It's a step in that direction China is learning as it goes if today they could do this in South China Sea they could in the future do it somewhere in the Indian Ocean or Latin America?
Very interesting and I would be curious to know if it will have a permanent naval presence by the looks of the work going its not unlikely
When China was looking for the down MH370 it became clear that China really needs overseas bases to port at its just not good enough to send replenishment tankers you need to dock you need rest and you need to relax it's important for moral of sailors
This will give China good experience on how to build up oversea bases and how it's done start at home then in the South China Sea and in the future we could see such bases in foreign country's?
It's a step in that direction China is learning as it goes if today they could do this in South China Sea they could in the future do it somewhere in the Indian Ocean or Latin America?
Very interesting and I would be curious to know if it will have a permanent naval presence by the looks of the work going its not unlikely
