China Preparing for a Nuclear World War III
Pastor Dale Morgan
China Preparing for a Nuclear World War III*
Analysts say Beijing getting ready for ops beyond Far East
Posted: May 10, 2008
Jane's Intelligence Review
LONDON – Defense analysts for the British intelligence service MI6
believe China is preparing for the "eventuality of a nuclear war." The
conclusion follows evidence that Beijing has built secretly a major
naval base deep inside caverns which even sophisticated satellites
cannot penetrate.
In an unusual development, the analysts have provided details to the
specialist defense periodical, Jane's Intelligence Review, which
published satellite images of the base location which is hidden beneath
millions of tons of rock on the South China Sea island of Hainan.
The MI6 analysts have confirmed the submarine base hewn out of the rock
will contain up to 20 of the latest C94 Jin-Class submarines, each
capable of firing anti-satellite missiles and nuclear tipped rockets.
Knocking out the satellites would leave Taiwan, Japan and other
countries around the Pacific Rim effectively without a key warning
system. An attack also would disrupt vital communications between U.S.
battle squadrons in the region and Washington.
Satellite images studied by GCHQ, Britain's spy in the sky intelligence
gathering organization based at Cheltenham that works closely with the
U.S. National Security Agency, have confirmed the entrance to the base
is through no fewer than 11 separate tunnel openings.
A Royal Navy nuclear submarine, one of those in the Typhoon Fleet, now
has joined another from the U.S. Pacific Fleet to build up a clear image
of what is happening inside the secret base which, as well as China's
nuclear subs, could house "a host of aircraft carriers."
Naval intelligence officers in London and Washington have confirmed the
discovery of the base will present "a significant challenge to U.S.
naval dominance and protection to countries ringing the South China Sea."
The base is sited at Sanya on the southern tip of Hainan island. The
island came to the attention of Western intelligence in April 2001, when
a U.S. EP-3 spy plane trying to test the island's electronic defenses
was forced to land there by Chinese fighters, one of which crashed in
the sea killing the pilot.
A Ministry of Defense analyst, who cannot be named for security reasons,
believes "this could be the prelude to China preparing for a nuclear
response."