PLAN SCS Bases/Islands/Vessels (Not a Strategy Page)
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antiterror13
Brigadier
do you think fishing activity is the main reason? I thought it was purely for military
Why should it be only for the military? Combined use is economically more attractive.
Just think how UK developed television and the industry needed to produce the broadcast installations and the sets in the 'thirties. It was all directly applicable to the radar to be used in the coming war but was paid for by BBC, the buyers of the TV sets and by the industry which could start making a profit on the technology even before the war came.
antiterror13
Brigadier
wowww, was Liaoning really there?
The artificial island is really huge, it seems it almost finish, still a lot work to do though
The artificial island is really huge, it seems it almost finish, still a lot work to do though
I stumbled on this. I am NOT sure if this is the final plan for Meiji. If it is, it will look something like this. There is an airstrip on the north west. This airstrip is more for civilian use as it currently takes 10 hours to get from Hainan to Paracels by ship (Sansha I). My estimate - to get from Hainan Island to Meiji Island by ship will take 30 to 40 hours. So it is not really practical by ship. With this airstrip, it will be faster to get to Meiji from Hainan, say, 3 to 5 hours.
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Zetageist
Junior Member
Fiery cross island with Liaoning to scale.
Are they really going to fill up that middle part. It looks deep. Overtime if unfilled, it might turn into a fresh water lake.
Zetageist
Junior Member
This might be harder to do than Fiery Cross because Meiji doesn't seem to have enough shallow sands to work with unless bring sands from east side of the atoll but that would ruin the entire atoll.
I think it's mainly for civilian use (including the coast guard).
delft is right and I agree. Best scenario is when you can get a ROI.
No, the Liaoning is not there. It was put in there for comparison so you can see the relative size of Liaoning and Yongshu side by side.
My opinion is that China is going to create a fresh water reservoir for the people living on the island. I think this is also the case in Yongxing (Woody) Island, on the section next to Rocky Island. But, let's wait and see.
Agreed. On the plan for Meiji, it seems like China is not doing much on the eastern side.
No, just placed on the pic to give an ideal of the size of the island.
They could make it into a little fish farm. Though if they allow fishing ship to dock on the island the authorities on the island could maybe just buy from the fisherman from time to time?