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

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joshuatree

Captain
duskylim said:
Very nice set of pictures.

I presume they are all of Woody Island?

Progress in reclamation is impressive, the island near the end of the

runway used to be connected by a narrow causeway.

Now they filled up the area between the causeway and the runway.

Also notable is the pictures with the blue containers.

The open one clearly has large diameter Reverse Osmosis filters installed inside.
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I don't know exactly but the first two pics are of Woody for sure. I think the rest are of various places in the Spratlys, mostly Johnson South Reef because that one had shown blue containers. As you've stated, at least the ones in the pic show Reverse Osmosis filters so I think it's production of water for the crews and project work. That ditch with lining may be a temporary water reservoir?

I've always speculated the land reclamation on Woody between the runway and Rocky Island would become an airbase on Woody, large enough to base planes there to provide quick reaction force in the SCS and if a SCS ADIZ gets created, will be a pivotal component to the ADIZ.
 
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no_name

Colonel
Photos of a guy working on Cuarteron Reef.

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Those blue container suspected of being living quarters actually houses desalinisation units, for providing water to mix cement and make concrete.

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Geographer

Geographer

Junior Member
Thanks for the pictures, joshuatree! Are they aerial or satellite photography? Can we expect to see them on Google Earth soon? FYI, those three small pictures in the bottom right of the big photo show Vietnamese-controlled islands. I'd love to get some high resolution photos of the construction on Fiery Cross and Gavin Reefs. The Johnson South Reef base is smaller than I expected. Earlier conceptual drawings included an airfield. But the base can easily be expanded.
 
yuxiaochen

yuxiaochen

Junior Member
my old man was there during all the islands' constructions, he actually got bottles of sand from different islands. some of the sand was actually dead reefs that were dug up and smushed into little pieces
 
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joshuatree

Captain
Geographer said:
Thanks for the pictures, joshuatree! Are they aerial or satellite photography? Can we expect to see them on Google Earth soon? FYI, those three small pictures in the bottom right of the big photo show Vietnamese-controlled islands. I'd love to get some high resolution photos of the construction on Fiery Cross and Gavin Reefs. The Johnson South Reef base is smaller than I expected. Earlier conceptual drawings included an airfield. But the base can easily be expanded.
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I don't know the details to all of them but the imagery of Johnson South Reef is credited to Airbus DS Spot Image SA so that's satellite for sure.
 
FORBIN

FORBIN

Lieutenant General
Registered Member
SSF Destroyer Flotillas

With last infos from tphuang :

2th Destr Flot, Zhanjiang :
051B 167 Shenzhen
052B 168 Ganghzou, 169 Wuhan before Yalong Bay
051G1: 165 Zhanjiang; 051G2: 166 Zuhai, 051D 163 Nanchang
FFG 054A: 570- Huangshan, 568- Chaohu, 571- Yuncheng, 569- Yulin

9th Destr Flot, Yalong Bay, :
052D 172-Kunming new, i presume the next 173 Changsha, 2nd also
052C : 170 Lanzhou, 171 Haikou
FFG : 054A 572 Hengshui, 573 Liuzhou, 574 Sanya, 575 Yueyang
 
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