Despite having said the building had stopped, the Chinese have been busy. The Spratly islands is surely the greatest reclamation project in the history of man.
Spratly before and after photos
These before and after pictures from the Spratly archipalego were taken from Australia’s ABC.
The original article can be found here.
Before and after: China builds artificial islands in South China Sea
The installations are not visible, as the photo’s are exclusively satellite.
I’d like to see the Chinese release pictures of the facilities at a more natural angle.
If I come across such pictures, I’ll be sure to post them in a later post.
For now, we are led to believe that the following facilities have been installed on the new islands –
- Landing strips
- Helipads
- Cement plants
- Air defense guns
- Radar
- Satellite masts
- Lighthouses
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