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China Wants To Revive A Strategically Located Airfield Deep In The Pacific
Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:48 am
Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:48 am
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The Chinese government reportedly has plans to refurbish and expand an airstrip on the island of Kanton, also spelled Canton, part of the archipelago nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean. If true, this could give Beijing an airbase in an incredibly strategical location, between North America and New Zealand, potentially giving China's military much greater reach throughout a critical and increasingly tense region.
Reuters first reported on Chinese developments in Kiribati, which also included improvements to a bridge associated with the airstrip, on May 5, 2021, based on information from I-Kiribati politician Tessie Lambourne. The site currently has a single usable runway, officially measuring 6,230 feet in length, although the total unimproved length is closer to 8,000 feet, based on satellite imagery. The ribbon-shaped island, which has a total area of only around 15 square miles and a population of approximately 20, is part of Kiribati's wider Phoenix Islands group, none of the others of which are inhabited.
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:52 am to member12
Ummm..
Didn't you see the mean tweets from OMB?
Or the police shooting yesterday?
China's not a big deal. We have more issues here.
Let's talk about CRT and how important it is!
Didn't you see the mean tweets from OMB?
Or the police shooting yesterday?
China's not a big deal. We have more issues here.
Let's talk about CRT and how important it is!
Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:55 am to thejudge
frick China.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:56 am to thejudge
quote:
Ummm..
Didn't you see the mean tweets from OMB?
Or the police shooting yesterday?
China's not a big deal. We have more issues here.
Let's talk about CRT and how important it is!
And people thought I was a lunatic screaming about China last year and that we can’t have a senile old man likely compromised by them in the White House.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:57 am to member12
Start reading about Chinese anti-access/area denial capabilities. This is a facet of it.
Chinese Grand Strategy: How Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) Fits in China’s Plan
Chinese Grand Strategy: How Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) Fits in China’s Plan
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:08 am to Wolfhound45
Damn that’s a great read and I believe China is definitely implementing the setup for that scenario. The next few years could get really interesting to say the least.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:09 am to OMLandshark
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And people thought I was a lunatic screaming about China last year
People didn't. Twitter bots did.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:09 am to OMLandshark
Put a weakling in the Whitehouse and this is what you get.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:10 am to member12
Nobody’s seen Pacific expansion like this since the 1930s. Good thing we have Chamberlain in the White House to appease.
This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 9:11 am
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:10 am to member12
China already has a base on the Bahamas. Screw Russia, I'm more worried about China.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:11 am to member12
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:11 am to member12
Bushes and clinton can say, we built that
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:12 am to TheHarahanian
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Nobody’s seen Pacific expansion like this since the 1930s. Good thing we have Chamberlain in the White House to appease.
Peace in our times.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:12 am to member12
They are making investments in the Caribbean and Africa for strategic purposes as well. China has deep pockets and plays the long game well. They are taking control of the world while stoking racial division in the US.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:13 am to Wolfhound45
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Start reading about Chinese anti-access/area denial capabilities. This is a facet of it.
Check out the podcast on China. They are creating a monster.
LINK
So glad Bill Clinton pushed for their addition to the WTO!
Hard to believe they were a 3rd world country essentially just in the 80s.
They also built a naval port large enough for an aircraft carrier on the eastern side of Africa.
This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 9:14 am
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:14 am to member12
China knows dementia Joe* is a punk and won't do shite about it. Can't blame them really
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:17 am to bayoudude
Though the opponent is Japan in the novel, Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy shows a rough blueprint of how China would militarily and economically attack the United States.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:17 am to FredBear
And they're making damn sure they are in a position of power to flex if there ever is another person in the Whitehouse who dares call them out on their shite.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:22 am to member12
President of Kiribati must be getting some sweet sweet kickbacks given how he has completely bent over for China.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 10:15 am to member12
frick that place. We should test a nuke there.
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