NEW NAVAL BASE AND UPGRADING OF DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES AT DUNCAN ISLAND PARACEL ISLANDS (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 3, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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3 DECEMBER 1982
NEW NAVAL BASE AND UPGRADING OF
DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES AT DUNCAN ISLAND
P C ISLANDS
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE COMPLETION OF THE NAVAL BASE AND
THE INCREASED DEFENSES ON DUNCAN ISLAND WILL ENHANCE
CHINA'S NAVAL CAPABILITIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A NEW NAVAL BASE AND PORT FACILITY HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED ON THE ISLAND. THE NAVAL BASF CONSISTS OF
A QUAY, A DREDGED HARBOR AND CHANNEL, FOUR TO FIVE SUPPORT
BUILDINGS, AND A POSSIBLE NAVIGATIONAL AID. CONSTRUCTION
ON THE HARBOR STARTED SOMETIME DURING 1978 AND CONTINUED
UNTIL MID 1982. A HAINAN SUBMARINE CHASER (PCS) AND A
MECHANIZED LANDING CRAFT (LCM) WERE PRESENT
THE NEW BASE WILL ALLOW CHINA TO SUPPORT
ADDITIONAL NAVAL CRAFT THAT WOULD DEPLOY TO THE AREA IN
TIMES OF CRISIS.
(SWN) AN OVERALL INCREASE IN DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES WAS
OBSERVED AT DUNCAN ISLAND ON IMAGERY
ADDITIONS TO THE ISLAND'S DEFENSES INCLUDE ONE SIX-POSITION
AND ONE EIGHT-POSITION AAA SITE AND A PROBABLE HELICOPTER
PAD. SUPPORT FACIILTIES INCLUDE ONE ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING, NINE PROBABLE BARRACKS, AND TWO BASKETBALL
COURTS. DUNCAN ISLAND IS ONE OF EIGHT ISLANDS OCCUPIED BY
NESE IN THE PARACEL GROUP.
3. (S)
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