The Chinese submarine is capable of carrying up to 12 long-range missiles for nuclear strikes.
Satellite imagery spotted a Chinese submarine with its nuclear ballistic missile hatches open while pier-side at a naval base with underground facilities facing the contested South China Sea.According to the latest satellite image updated by Google Earth Pro, a high-powered desktop software version of Google Earth, a submarine was seen docking at one of the wharves at Longpo Naval Base on the island of Hainan in southern China with at least four of its missile hatches not closed.
Meanwhile, American nuclear-armed submarines are always on patrol, making it difficult for adversaries to track them all, which contributes to their survivability, according to a 2020 U.S. Department of Defense fact sheet.Collin Koh, a senior fellow at Singapore's Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, said on X that the new satellite image was a rare shot.
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