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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Chinese nuclear submarines too close for comfort

India’s navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, today voiced concern over an increase in submarine presence, including nuclear submarines, in neighbouring waters after satellite imagery revealed a new Chinese base south of Hong Kong.

Photographs taken by the satellite of the Sanya Naval Base on the island of Hainan in the South China Sea were published by The Daily Telegraph last week alongside a report that said it was a threat to US shipping and interests of Asian countries close to the Malacca Straits.

“It is not the nuclear submarine bases that matter, we are concerned over the number of nuclear submarines that are being built in our neighbourhood,” the navy chief said today.


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