By Paul McLeary and Ariel Robinson
I’m on a boat. Forget about China building its own islands out of rocks in the South China Sea. Two Chinese companies are working on constructing massive, 2 km long floating sea bases that can move around according to need, and conduct a range of military operations.
The idea is to build multiple semi-submersible hull sections that can fit together by linking their component pieces, like Legos. Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer at Popular Science caught wind of the proposed project after a press conference earlier this month hosted by construction company Jidong Development Group …read more
Source: Foreign Policy