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February 24, 2006
China's Secret Underground Nuclear Sub Base in Google Earth
The Washington Times wrote a story recently about some declassified satellite images made public by Imaging Notes Magazine of secret bases in China. Of particular interest is the location of a formerly secret underground nuclear submarine base which has a tunnel entrance for the subs, as well as a tunnel for landbased equipment. The image came from Digital Globe, one of the providers of satellite photos for Google Earth. Stefan at OgleEarth took the images from the story and created image overlays for Google Earth so you can see the exact location and the detailed images 
with the annotations provided by Imaging Notes.
There's some interesting notes about how the base was built at the Nuclear Information Project.. Digg it!
Posted by FrankTaylor at February 24, 2006 07:27 AM
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Posted by: SashDaMan at February 24, 2006 09:30 AM
very proud of frank taylor!... google earth is a free territory and we have to keep it so. i wonder if there were some reactions from chinese authorities about this entry. i mean did he receive any comments or something else...?
Posted by: marcelo at February 26, 2006 09:57 AM
look a bit northwest of the base, along the same coast, like 1 km away you can also see a nother submarine in a pear. It is perfectly visible as it is on the surface....
Posted by: igor mortigus at January 16, 2007 10:29 AM
Very interesting, but what is in the drydock to the north, new sub, or one being reconditioned?
Posted by: Quagmire at July 5, 2007 11:59 PM
The sub in the drydock is a XIA-class SSBN undergoing refit. You can find another JIN being fitted out in a drydock at Huludao, where they're built.
Posted by: Sean at July 6, 2007 03:22 PM
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Not so secret now is it ;)