Mysterious Hexagonal Structures On China's SCS Fortresses

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The entire island base of Yongshu

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>>30963546
https://amti.csis.org/build-it-and-they-will-come/

Massive builtup of ultra-hardened aircraft shelters for regiment-sized permanent deployments of fighter aircraft and large bombers/AWACS detected as well.

I'm going to guess some kind of anti-air system. It's worth noting though that I'm basing this guess on absolutely no evidence

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>>30963562
On Subi Reef/Zhǔbì Jiāo as well.

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>>30963577
The hangars.


>>30963567

The unknown hexagonal structures are all directed towards the sea and distributed around the island to face every direction, so I think you are right.

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>>30963593
China has been known to mount their fortresses with naval guns, CIWS and FCR before. Maybe these structure will be the same - just for the entire island.

>>30963537
>BEES

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>>30963603
These are for small islands such as these, lacking an airfield.

>>30963537
quantum disruptors

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>>30963613
>HEX
>HEX EVERYWHERE

>>30963537
They're constructing the cylinder for a 8800mm anti satellite revolver.

>tfw china actually builds battle islands
>tfw /k/ will never have one as a base for itself

somewhere some chink egghead is working out just how much the US government is spending working out what those structures are... in reality they're just plywood with some bondo and paint....

Me thinks they will be VLS cells. Either seven super large caliber ones for ASBMs, or each housing smaller cells for medium range SAM.

It makes sense. Even if the positions are fixed, so are their previous HQ-9 batteries. With these modern 'star forts', they can keep their MRSAMs protected from the elements and cover the most likely approaches of cruise missile attacks. Long range SAM and radars are positioned more inland and on over-seeing high-grounds/towers.

These forts might also have CIWS and naval guns, pretty much making them land-based destroyers/frigates for "fleet-self-defense".

>>30963669
>in reality they're just plywood with some bondo and paint
Aren't most Chinese things made that way?

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>>30963537
Clearly it's where they keep delicious and nutritious cereal.

I'm guessing it's some form of AA system or something related to long distance recon (pulling that last part from nowhere but guessing).

If not then it's some form of storage buildings or they're making Ocelot proud with >>30963639

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>>30963593

If those hangars are like their land-based ones, they sure are pretty hardy.

>>30963669
Probably true unfortunately.

>>30963669
This actually could be true. Similar stuff has been done before.

>>30963643
Why even live?

>>30963537
"Big structure" = FCR
honeycomb = VLS cells

Weaponized cereal

https://youtu.be/X0nF1zc02BA

Missile launching locations.

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>>30963613
So this was their plan...

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>>30963537
Isn't it some kind of underground missile silo?

>>30963615
looks like a prison

>>30963643
Don't worry after WWIII there be tons of them available.

>>30964080
Yeah, they wouldnt need them anymore with the Flips and Viets genocided.

>>30963537
plz no

>>30963643
>>30963643
Just wait till China's economy truly shits the bed in the next 25-30 years. Figure a cool 15 mill adjusted for inflation could net you one of these. Figure you are 18-24 now you should be able to acquire one in 15-25years. Figure when you are 33-49 you could have one for at most a investment of 8 million. With 3 million in reserve.

Home grown VLS prototypes?

AESA Array

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Nice forts you got there. Shame if something happened to them.

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>>30963537
I believe it is a "Cybernetics Core". It is used in upgrading air-based weapons and armor.

>>30963631
CSAT is lame as fuck but holy shit were they cool as shit

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>>30963613
>>30963865

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>>30965278

Hi there.

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>>30965894
Ahh.... time to sit back and wait for a lock. Shouldn't be much longer now.... I sure am glad Commander Xi-Chiang got us these American sized desk chairs, they're so spacious for us petite Chinese!

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>>30963705
Didnt help saddam's aircraft any

>>30963615
Submarine Bunkers?

>>30963952
>underground missile silo
>on a sandy beach in the middle of the ocean

>>30965411
And let's you transition your gateways into warp gateways

>>30967418
Better to have the enemy need one bunker-buster per aircraft, instead of a single tomahawk sending shrapnel through half a dozen.

its probably water filtratrion desalination

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New SAM defense systems, HQ-29

Impressive

Chinese indigenous innovation that baffles even America's best experts.

>>30967989
Good theory, at first I thought it could be a reactor but given the placement and the numbers of them that would not seem to be the case.

>>30967989
I thought so too, but why they'd bother having multiples of them scattered around is the question with that. If you're worried about redundancy from mechanical failure there's no point in the separation, and redundancy in case of damage from attack seems a poor reason, if your water plants are gone chances are so is everything else you care about on the rock.

I'll go with them being a standardized defensive building likely housing a bunch of radar, as well as possibly launchers. Although a giant ruse intended to cause confusion and soak up incoming missiles isn't a bad idea too.

>>30963603
I love this. Do they think it's 1945 or something?

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In placement and design, kind of reminds me of those stereotypical SA-2/S-75 long-range AA launcher setups.

Pic for ants, but related.

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My friend in the intelligence community told me it's the secret lab where they put the pee pee in our coke.

Linked dishes for their weather control device. Grand lightning storm over austrailia soon

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>>30963546
> You will never dress up as Big Boss and infiltrate this base

>>30963537

Well Hexagonal structures are pretty hard to bring down.

I can't find the video to it but in early/mid 1900's a guy designed a building that used a honeycomb design for the internal supports and when they tried to do a controlled demolition they had to do it 3-4 times because each time they did it it only removed 1 floor because the design. in the end they just use heavy equipment to tear the thing into chunks.

Ah it's our weekly 50 cent thread.

I'd bet anti-aircraft systems

Seven vertical launch silos with a control room behind them.

>>30963669
My first thought, too. Fucking with the NRO.

>>30967479
That's why no one would expect it!

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Arsenal Gear

>>30965411
It upgrades ground based weapons too that come from the robotics bay. So Are they going to have colossus' walking around the Island.

>>30965411

Also, to upgrade RAM.

THE "Oh hi..." portion will be handled by comm officers.

>>30968103

Ancient chinese secret!

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>>30965894
>>30965937
*Britbong theme of King and country plays bombastically*

>>30963615
That looks like a beautiful zombie apocalipse retreat.

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After looking at all these pictures, these islands seem like they're barely elevated over sea level. I can tell it's pretty shallow water around them, but aren't storms an issue anywhere in the ocean? It seems like it really wouldn't take much to make waves high enough to swamp these islands

Especially ones like this >>30963615

Can anyone give me input on why these aren't a terrible idea? Is this region just always calm or what?

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>>30968209
Thought that looked familiar

>>30963669
Lmao yep

>>30970548
They just had 13 Typhoons this summer and did just fine.

Most of the islands are surrounded by reefs going back millions of years.

If anything happens to the sand, they'll just build it back up again.

In no way is it a bad idea. It gives them de-facto control over the SCS which in 50 years might become de-jure as well.
For example, Senkaku Islands Japan.

>>30970405
Until you realize such islands don't have access to fresh water.

They are making War games real. Pretty soon the whole world will be covered in hexes and they will challenge us to glorious turn based combat

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>>30963537

Their own version of a weather control device.

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>>30970629
>tfw I have no life

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be part of this huge project. this must be so cool.

>>30963537
https://youtu.be/SAA49SQoLfA

>>30970814
Starting to wonder if the hexagons aren't for desalination Tbh

>>30967877

>SC2 pleb

>>30965894
Implying that will see a B-2 at standoff weapons range.

That the USAF doesn't have a stealthy JDAM.

That the Chinks will know anything is going on until things start blowing up around them.

That the USA's air power doctrine for the past 50 years hasn't been to defeat CommBloc SAM spam.

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the Mech fortress

>>30967418
no molle. horrible.

CSA-1 SAM Sites

>>30971705
>hurdur no one will notice the B-2's flying at them

>>30971439
Wait, so the Chernobyl NPP area is based on a real place? Huh, really makes you think.

Classic Russian doctrine for a SAM site. Not surprising at all. Especially with the increased tensions and US flights.

>>30963537
Cells for VLS.

>>30963562
>>30963577
These island bases look comfy as fuck, but are most likely humid as fucking balls or something.

>>30971788
Makes me think you're a fucking moron if you didn't know that right away.

>>30971913
I wonder how they're powered

>>30963615
Does anyone think there are underground tunnels connecting everything? They're the chinese, they problem have clones/slaves working 24/7 down there making tunnels.

No country uses VLS at a land site. Stupid and not mobile. Easy to target.

>>30963669
No. The US has been keeping a very close eye on this. Like very close. They would know.

>>30971968
>Stupid
>China

And there's the problem

>>30971968
Well except for Russia, the USA, China, Poland, Romania, etc.

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>>30971968
Well someone just said something dumb without thinking

>>30968189

Who cares? It looks fucking rad and it isn't my tax dollars

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>>30971788
Well, yes, but the point of the project was more to mark all the locations of the minor landmarks in game.

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>>30972119
Some places are harder to find than others.

>>30971788
That was the entire reason why parts of Shadow of Chernobyl terrified the shit out of me. Having it take place in a real disaster area made the whole experience much more tense and dreadful.

So in the event of a naval and air war, how long can those island be self sufficent with supply lines cut off?

>>30971778
That is sort of the point. Stealth greatly reduces the range at which planes are detected. A B-2 can probably get close enough to drop a guided glide bomb.

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>>30963613

>>30971439
full scale stalker map when?

>>30972426
probably longer than how long it would take the US to figure out a way how to torpedo the island

>>30971917
hahaha omg spot the real moron

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>>30973883
When someone flies a terrain mapping drone over it and actually maps out the building layouts.