Why Does China Have A Huge Military Base In Djibouti On The Horn Of Africa?

https://www.ibtimes.com/ ^ | 05/20/20 AT 11:39 AM | By Palash Ghosh

[RomanSoldier19]

The Djibouti base is one of the largest that China has built overseas

The U.S. also has a military base in Djibouti

Beijing views Djibouti as its gateway to the African continent

he Chinese Navy has constructed a huge and highly impenetrable fortress in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa that appears to be designed to receive large warships. Satellite images suggest the Chinese have recently expanded and upgraded this strategic base.

Asia Times reported that, based on satellite images, the Djibouti base is one of the largest that China has built overseas. The fortress even features such items as battlements, shooting ports and corner towers. The base also boasts vehicle checkpoints, perimeter fencing with razor wire, vehicle barriers and big concrete doors.

Forbes reported that the base could potentially receive aircraft carriers.

Construction of the base commenced in 2016 and was essentially finished by the spring of the following year at a cost of some $590 million.

Armored vehicles including ZBD-09 infantry fighting vehicles and ZTL-11 assault guns have reportedly been seen on the base. These vehicles are armed with automatic cannons, anti-tank missiles and large caliber guns.

The U.S. also has a military base in Djibouti – the Navy’s Expeditionary Base at Camp Lemonnier – but its defenses pale in comparison to its Chinese peer.

Asia Times speculated that China may be trying to avoid the fate of some U.S. military bases which have suffered attacks, including in Afghanistan and Iraq.

[RomanSoldier19]

[Hulka]

“The fortress even features such items as battlements, shooting ports and corner towers. The base also boasts vehicle checkpoints, perimeter fencing with razor wire, vehicle barriers and big concrete doors”

Excellent immobile targets to be pre-targeted for Tomahawk missiles.

[Migraine]

They’ve been making all kinds of moves, thanks to our financing them. The Djibouti presence is for increased hegemony. They’re awfully full of P & V these days. You bet djibouti they are.

[SaxxonWoods]

“The U.S. also has a military base in Djibouti”

Kind of answers the question, doesn’t it?

Why do we have a base there?

[Steely Tom]

Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.

[rrrod]

Been many years since I was there but bet it’s still nasty

[PGalt]

One of Deng’s legacies is China’s current strategy of maximizing “Comprehensive National Power”. This includes economic power (GDP, natural resources, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, owning America’s national debt), military power (cyberwarfare, anti-aircraft-carrier ballistic missiles, anti-satellite missiles), and ‘soft power’ (cultural prestige, the Beijing Olympics, tourism, Chinese films and contemporary art, Confucius Institutes, Shanghai’s skyscrapers). But crucially, Comprehensive National Power also includes “biopower”: creating the world’s highest-quality human capital in terms of the Chinese population’s genes, health, and education (see Governing China’s Population by Susan Greenhalgh and Edwin Winkler).

https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23838

The Chinese are good at walls. Perhaps they could extend our southern border wall around the western state and call it CHYNAfornia...one of their provinces. That would pay off the debt and them some. Internal totalitarians could move to CHYNAfornia and be in their paradise.

Let’s do it. WIN/WIN.

[heshtesh]

Asia Times reported that, based on satellite images, the Djibouti base is one of the largest that China has built overseas. The fortress even features such items as battlements, shooting ports and corner towers. The base also boasts vehicle checkpoints, perimeter fencing with razor wire, vehicle barriers and big concrete doors.

Let’s hold off getting rid of the remaining battleships.

[philman_36]

Why Does China Have A Huge Military Base In Djibouti On The Horn Of Africa?

Well, DUH! To control the Red Sea and ultimately the Suez Canal.
Are people really this ignorant of military strategy?

[TiGuy22]

Rare Earth Minerals

[aquila48]

I imagine for the same reason we have military bases all over the world - to exert influence and protect interests.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Gotta put all these bad boys somewhere...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-army-nuclear-specialreport/special-report-chinas-furtive-underwater-nukes-test-the-pentagon-idUSKCN1S80YB

[Uncle Miltie]

For B-52 target practice?

[kabar]

Look at a map Red Sea, Suez Canal, Saudi Arabia, etc. Djibouti is strategically located.

[ssfromla]

Because the weather patterns around the world are changing (not due to us but the earth goes through changes all the time) and Africa is going to be the next place on earth with rain and able to produce the food they have been needing. (unless of course they use CLIMATE ENGINEERING WEATHER WARFARE, AND THE COLLAPSE OF CIVILIZATION)

The locusts are showing us where this will happen across the globe.

Wet weather also favours multiplication of locusts. Widespread, above average rain that pounded the Horn of Africa from October to December 2019 were up to 400 per cent above normal rainfall amount.

There are cities under the sand that had a beautiful climate at one time. There are cities under the sea that were once above sea level. In my own state, there are towns that are under the water now and that didn't happen thousands of years ago and didn't happen during the climate change hoax era either.

[Red6]

Because that’s where ships go to get to a very important canal, that’s where pirates come to play... Several reasons.

I personally like the somewhat open secret of Russian false flag sail boat cruises best. For a small price, you can go on a cruise and shoot up Somali pirates. Of course former Russian Spetsnaz will give you a quick class and make sure everything stays fun and safe (if anything goes sideways, they will take care of it). After you shoot them up you get to pay according to how many you shot (that sounds pretty capitalistic, LOL).

https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/3b5jgb/i-was-attacked-by-pirates

[faithhopecharity]

i happen to think this Communist Chinese military base will prove extremely dangerous in future. Just looking at its location is plenty of worry

[null and void]

Are people really this ignorant of military strategy?

Journalists are, as are people who only get their news from the MSM.

Journolists know better, but they are fighting for the other team.

[dakine]

We Spy on each other...

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

1) useful place from which to kill Islamists who congregate in Yemen and Somalia.

2) sits along our primarily sea lane to the Middle East. We opened the base back in 2002.

3) secure place from which to monitor piracy along and near Somalia and protect trade routes.