China’s flattops are a key component of the country’s effort to supplant the United States as the dominant military power in the Indo-Pacific. The Yulin military complex, located on the southern island province of Hainan, is central to this ambition and serves as a key naval hub—home to a carrier dry dock, two deep-water bays, and a ballistic missile submarine base.
torsdag 9. oktober 2025
Satellites Capture Chinese Aircraft Carriers at South China Sea Naval Base
Two of China's aircraft carriers are back at their home port in Sanya, Hainan, after departing last week to escape adverse weather conditions brought by a typhoon, satellite imagery confirms. China claims dominion over most of the South China Sea, a conduit for roughly one-fifth of global maritime trade and an area also claimed by several of its neighbors. An international arbitral court largely dismissed Beijing’s sweeping claims in 2016—a ruling China maintains is invalid.
China’s flattops are a key component of the country’s effort to supplant the United States as the dominant military power in the Indo-Pacific. The Yulin military complex, located on the southern island province of Hainan, is central to this ambition and serves as a key naval hub—home to a carrier dry dock, two deep-water bays, and a ballistic missile submarine base.
China’s flattops are a key component of the country’s effort to supplant the United States as the dominant military power in the Indo-Pacific. The Yulin military complex, located on the southern island province of Hainan, is central to this ambition and serves as a key naval hub—home to a carrier dry dock, two deep-water bays, and a ballistic missile submarine base.
