What is China Building in the South China Sea?

Bellingcat ^ | ea? February 22, 2015 | Ethan Rosen

[CMB_polarization]

"...Over the past year, China’s Spratly outposts have been systematically undergoing a process known as “land reclamation,” where dedicated dredging vessels dig up sediment from the sea and dump it on top of submerged reefs to make islands. China has already built five islands through reclamation, and at least two additional islands are in the early stages of development. China is not the first claimant to reclaim land – Malaysia’s Swallow Reef and several Vietnamese islands have been artificially built or extended – but China’s reclamation efforts are operating at a larger scale than any previous project. Already, the artificial island built on Fiery Cross Reef has eclipsed Taiwan’s Taiping Island as the largest in the Spratly Chain, and buildings are under development on several other Chinese reefs. As their new military outposts become operational, it is imperative that we understand just what China is building in the South China Sea..."

[taxcontrol]

And dirt aircraft carriers have the additional advantage of being damn hard to sink.

[Carry_Okie]

Just as oil has funded Iran, al-Qaida and ISIS, “free trade” has funded China’s military rise.

Don't forget that the Soviet military was funded with Caspian oil.

[JoeProBono]

[EQAndyBuzz]

Haha...look. It’s Fuqing China.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

But according to a Dhimmicrat, an island can tip over if there are too many Marines on one side.

[samtheman]

Post #10

ROTFLMAO

I saw this long ago but watching again... I CAN’T BELIEVE HOW F*ING STUPID THE DEMS REALLY ARE!!!!!

[minnesota_bound]

#7 Napalm would burn them off the island

[manc]

Dems today care nothing about foreign policy, all they care about is social issues.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Ping

[hinckley buzzard]

What was it Mao Zedong said about capitalists? “They would gladly sell the rope from which they are to be hung”.

Lenin, a long time ago.

[Resolute Conservative]

A place for all of us to move to when they call the note due.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Or bring back Pykrete.

[cherokee1]

“—hard to sink an island” ——remember Bimini?

[ealgeone]

“—hard to sink an island” ——remember Bimini?

thought you meant Bikini for a moment.

[9thLife]

Haha...look. It’s Fuqing China.

LOL.

[BradyLS]

That's weird - where's "Greenpeace" & the rest of the Watermelons in all this? LOL! :)

Easy. They either:

1) Aren't aware of it.

2) Don't care.

3) ...Or would rather not go after a state that won't blink at sinking their boats.

[TexasGunLover]

One solid hit by a typhoon and all that dirt will relocate just a few hundred yards away and all that effort will be wasted.

Hmmm... they've been hit by several of the largest in 120 years and are still there.

[corkoman]

Something tells me you didn't read the article or understand what is going on. Well, OK that never stops me from posting a comment.

"Reclaiming" takes place here on Florida's east facing beaches and every other year we spend bazillions piping sand back onto the shore. The Chinese are trying to build up rocky atolls or just outcrops that have never been > 4 feet above high tide.