A photo revealed by a Chinese internet user shows that the People's Liberation Army Navy has deployed three Type 094 Jin-class ballistic missile submarines to its new naval facility in Yalong Bay on the southern island province of Hainan, which is likely to become China's new base to demonstrate its nuclear deterrence capability to the United States, reports the Communist Party-run English-language Global Times.
An earlier report by the Office of US Naval Intelligence said China was secretly constructing the world's largest nuclear submarine base in the world at Sanya in Hainan.
Satellite photos on the website of the Chinese military taken during the recent Chinese New Year holidays showing three Type 094 Jin-class submarines appearing frequently in the waters around Yalong Bay also added to speculation.
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