ACCORDING to Foxnews.com and inteldaily.com, China has been building and now operating asubmerged nuclear facility that is home for some 094-class nuclear submarine that can carry 12 nuclear missles each. The said naval base is located in the Hainan Island in the South China Sea. According to the news, it is clearly a threat for the US naval power if China would have a control over that part of the world. Furthermore, China has not been responding to the invitations by the media.
China has been dubbed as the “Sleeping Giant” and they truly are. They have been very secretive about this initiative to build a nuclear naval base and in that case, the neighboring states should be somehow alarmed about the intentions and aspirations of China. The strategic location of the base is overseeing the whole of the Southeast Asia and thus, showing its strength to the states in the geographical position that would come their way in the future. I’m talking about Vietnam, Indonesia, The Philippines and of course, Taiwan. It is very possible that China is preparing something for Taiwan and the Spratly Islands that is contested by many states. An absorption and complete realization of the One China Policy? or even a complete control over the South East Asian Region. We can predict it that way but there are so many factors to consider. Economic ties, especially when China’s economy is boosting and probably it is where they get their military funding for building this kind of weaponry.
If we are going to consult George Modelski, is this probably a factor for the next global war? A next world power? Perhaps it is, but who knows. Its a probability as social science scholars say. If this would happen, so help us God.
