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Yulin Naval Base (Chinese: 楡林海军基地) is the traditional base of the People's Liberation Army Navy, located in the eastern suburb of Sanya, Hainan Province, China, next to Yulin Port. Further east on Yalong Bay is the new Longpo Naval Base , formerly called "Yulin-East", for the nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers .
Longpo Naval Base (Chinese: 龙坡海军基地), also known as East Yulin Naval Base is a naval base for nuclear submarines along the southern coast of Hainan Island, China. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This underground base has been reported by several intelligence agencies .
A satellite image shows China's two operational aircraft carriers docked together. Liaoning and Shandong were pier-side at Sanya Naval Base on Hainan Island in the South China Sea.
Hainan Island is home to the People's Liberation Army Navy Hainan Submarine Base and strategic nuclear submarine naval harbor at Yalong Bay. [55] The naval base is estimated to be 60 feet (18 m) high, built into hillsides around a military base. The caverns are capable of hiding up to 20 nuclear submarines from spy satellites.
Primary air base name. The official or most commonly used name for the military portion of the aerodrome; Chinese name. Simplified Chinese characters for the primary name (not including characters for air base or air field) Alternate names. Other names used to describe the military portion or larger aerodrome including civilian name; IATA Code.
The bases at Sanya include Yulin Naval Base and Longpo Naval Base, the latter for submarines. [10] It controls coastal defenses west from to Dongshan County and in the South China Sea. [9] In 2016, subunits included: 2nd Destroyer Zhidui [note 1] [12] 9th Destroyer Zhidui [12] 11th Fastboat Dadui [note 2] [12] Unidentified Fastboat Zhidui [12]
Later, Japanese-occupied parts of Hainan Island became a naval administrative district with Hainan Guard District Headquarters established at Samah. Strategically, the island was built as a forward air base as well as an advance base for blockading Chiang. At the same time, the iron and copper resources of the island were exploited.
Iran unveiled an underground naval missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Saturday, state TV said, two days before the start of Donald Trump's second term as president. Iranian leaders ...