Imagery confirms underground nuclear sub base in China

Pakistan Defence ^ | 04/17/08 | Richard D Fisher Jr

[TigerLikesRooster]

The sub base is at Yalong Bay

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[infantrywhooah]

Imagery confirms underground nuclear sub base in China

I'm not claiming to be the sharpest tool in the barn but aren't subs supposed to go underwater?

[Eurale]

“I’m not claiming to be the sharpest tool in the barn but aren’t subs supposed to go underwater?”

My thought exactly. Apparently they bury their nuke subs. LOL

[Dr.Zoidberg]

If the entrances to the sub pens are under water and the pens themselves are underground, it's going to be a lot harder to tell if chicom subs are prowling.

When we send a satellite over Poljarni, we can tell if Russian subs are there or not and step up alertness appropriately.

If I were a betting man, I'd say the chicoms are planning a first strike and don't want to risk satellites exposing their movements until after the first nukes fly.

[norton]

Hard to grasp a nuke sub base in line of sight of two Western resort hotels and a golf course - particularly knowing the Chinese fetish for secrecy.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Oooh!! I want one!!!

[infantrywhooah]

I guess they haven’t come to grips with that Mutually Assured Destruction thing yet. I am sure we have enough boomers within striking range of China to turn that country into a nuclear wasteland in a matter of minutes. And now that we know of their pens you can rest assured that we will have more fast attacks patrolling that area.

[GAB-1955]

IF we plant sonar arrays in international waters outside the base, that will tell us when the submarines sortie, as well as which subs are making that sortie. That can be done with a Los Angeles-class sub. I don't think it is for a surprise attack, but so their subs can survive conventional air bombing from a superior U.S. force.

[infantrywhooah]

I’ll bet they didn’t realize we had satellites with X-Ray vision too! Rickshaw Rik not soooo smaaaaaht.

[processing please hold]

If I were a betting man, I'd say the chicoms are planning a first strike and don't want to risk satellites exposing their movements until after the first nukes fly.

Damn, that's a scary thought.

[epow]

I don’t see any reason why China can’t build a navy that will rival ours, or even go us one better. They have the technology, thanks to the treachery of the Clinton’s, and almost all of our money, thanks to unrestricted free trade, so what’s to stop them from having a more powerful navy, army, and air force?

[cerberus]

I'd say the chicoms are planning a first strike and don't want to risk satellites exposing their movements until after the first nukes fly.

Who would they be planning to strike? Surely not the U.S. as we are among their best customers?

Of course if the dems win and shut down WalMart and impose protectionism, who knows?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Nato designation of the first Chinese boomers should be “Slick” and “Hildebeast.”

[infantrywhooah]

That way their leaking reactors don't poison the populous. Russian techology, Russian problems

[Dr.Zoidberg]

MAD requires a desire to preserve ones people.

Considering the enormous landmass that is china and the disdain they hold for their people, you have to wonder if they wouldn’t consider the loss of 50%+ of their population an acceptable price to decapitate America.

The Russians were overwhelmingly paranoid but essentially rational, I don’t think the same can be said of the chinese leadership.

[infantrywhooah]

A very valid point. I think they would be willing to lose even more than half. Which is why Bejing and their leadership must be evaporated first.

[canuck_conservative]

If I were a betting man, I'd say the chicoms are planning a first strike and don't want to risk satellites exposing their movements until after the first nukes fly.

Relax, China and North Korea are harmless. That's why the United States must plunge into a war with Iran as soon as possible.

At least, that's what the neocons keep telling everyone.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

The chicoms are milking the cow before they slaughter it.

Our status as consumer vassal in no way insulates us. If the chinese government truly wants world domination, the singular threat to that dominion is the U.S.

Besides, our economy is currently viewed as weak and growing weaker, we are militarily tied down in the middle east, our forces are tired and equipment is in need of repair and replacement. We are the weakest we’ve been militarily in decades and weakness encourages aggression by ones foes.

G_d grant that I’m badly wrong in my assessment.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

I sincerely hope you’re right, but I don’t see why they would take the time and spend the money to create underground bases to stave off a conventional attack when they are certainly going to have plenty of warning that a conventional air and sea force is inbound.

The day of sneak attacks are long past.

Besides, the chinese have more than enough intelligence agents in the military and Washington to let them know what’s coming months in advance.