Sunday, March 19, 2023

A new Chinese Naval Cable Ship spotted

 This new Northern Cable 770 suggests it is home to the North Sea Fleet.   Photo credit goes to HC_andy 








Sunday, March 14, 2010

PLAN's Cable Ships

Maintaining a secure communication channel with the PLA's remote island garrison is a full time job. Wireless is less expensive but not preferred -- just think of all those EP-3s flying right outside the gate.








3 comments:

chrisrowl said...

I just found this vessel on Google Earth at a base located at Jiyang District, Sanya, Sanya, Hainan, China in the vicinity of 18°11’33.29”N 109°33’49.84”E. (Image Date: 12/29/2022)

chrisrowl said...

I just found this vessel on Google Earth at a base located at Jiyang District, Sanya, Sanya, Hainan, China in the vicinity of 18°11’33.29”N 109°33’49.84”E. (Image Date: 12/29/2022)

chrisrowl said...

I just found this vessel on Google Earth at a base located at Jiyang District, Sanya, Sanya, Hainan, China in the vicinity of 18°11’33.29”N 109°33’49.84”E. (Image Date: 12/29/2022)