MILITARY_ South China Sea: Photos reveal secret underground base off Hainan Island

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South China Sea: Photos reveal secret underground base off Hainan Island

A cavern built into the side of a mountain had defence analysts perplexed. But then a satellite image captured a nuclear submarine slipping out.

Jamie Seidel @JamieSeidel
news.com.au
August 23, 2020 8:00pm

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A satellite photo shows a submarine entering the mysterious cave on Hainan Island. Picture: Planet Labs Source:Supplied


The moment a Chinese nuclear submarine slipped out of a secret underground base has been caught by satellite – laying bare the extent of China’s military ambitions.

Just a few pixels on a commercial-grade Earth-observation satellite photograph, it portrays a piece of Hainan Island – a strategically significant 35,400sq km land mass off the south coast of China.

It’s the location of a major naval base – much of it concealed in a bunker built deep under a mountain peninsula. What was captured appears to be two tugboats manoeuvring a nuclear-powered attack submarine out of a camouflaged tunnel.


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