Anonymous ID: 4a7a73 April 23, 2021, 9:30 p.m. No.13499879   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Anonymous ID: 4a7a73 April 23, 2021, 10:35 p.m. No.13500162   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0204 >>0215 >>0386

China prepares to send aircraft carriers to Australia in Belt and Road fury

 

An ominous new threat has emerged from one of China’s schemes, with the superpower making moves that could have huge implications.

 

A recently completed pier at the Chinese naval base near the Indian Ocean is large enough to support an aircraft carrier, the top US commander for Africa says. And that could leave Australia’s defences wrong-footed.

 

US commander for the African region General Stephen Townsend told the House Armed Services Committee this week that the military facility was undergoing significant expansion.

 

He also noted it was alongside the Chinese funded civilian deepwater port of Doraleh, paid for under Beijing’s controversial “Belt and Road” international investment scheme.

 

“Their first overseas military base, their only one, is in Africa, and they have just expanded that by adding a significant pier that can even support their aircraft carriers in the future,” General Townsend said.

 

The outpost became operational in 2017 as part of Beijing’s stated desire to contribute towards humanitarian relief efforts and United Nations anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.

 

It has since expanded to become a significant supply hub supporting sizeable naval expeditionary forces.

 

The new 330m-long pier can accommodate two of China’s biggest ships, including Type-075 amphibious assault ships and the aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong. Recent satellite photographs work has begun on dredging a possible second pier close to the first.

 

This would significantly expand the number of ships the base could service at any given time.

 

Strategic hub

 

Djibouti is a tiny North African nation occupying one side of the narrow Bab al-Mandab Strait. This links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. It’s a significant choke-point for the vital shipping route running from Europe, through the Suez Canal, to the Indian Ocean.

 

The US, France, Italy, Spain, Japan and Saudi Arabia also have military outposts within the 23,000sq km nation. Camp Lemonnier, the only permanent US base in Africa (though there are some 28 other outposts), is just 10km from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) facility. In recent years, pilots landing there have complained of lasers being flashed into their cockpits from the port.

 

In 2017, China’s Ministry of Defence declared the Djibouti facility was “for the purpose of better undertaking its international responsibilities and obligations and better protecting its lawful interests, instead of seeking military expansion.”

 

Those benevolent intentions appear to have been forgotten.

 

The outpost is heavily defended for an overseas humanitarian support facility. It is fortified with steep embankments, double walls and watchtowers. A heliport capable of operating some 24 helicopters is positioned at its heart. There are 10 large multistorey buildings likely to be barracks and accommodation set alongside a substantial administrative complex.

 

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/china-prepares-to-send-aircraft-carriers-to-australia-in-belt-and-road-fury/news-story/d947ac84fa19140517f56ada03d1be0c