Normally if you want to see Chinese military secrets, you're given a pretty definitive answer:
But not if you're Google, apparently!
You can definitely see some big ol' nuclear submarines under construction there:
Updated Google Earth satellite images of a Chinese naval base appear to show at least six nuclear submarines, according to naval analyst Alex Luck. ...
While the vessels include one SSBN (Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear) submarine, the submersibles are likely conventionally armed. One vessel spotted by Luck on land appeared to be undergoing maintenance or was being dismantled at the end of operations.
China "is estimated to have around 600 nuclear warheads," an order of magnitude less than the U.S. The country has a "no-first-use policy on nuclear weapons," though "recently it has added to its nuclear-capable underwater fleet."
The Chinese army is "expected to grow its fleet to 65 submarines" by this year. Meanwhile, the country boasts the largest Navy on the planet by fleet size:
Still, we can at least hope that the ChiComs will just sink all of those subs before they can pose a threat!
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