Eerie satellite picture sparks invasion fears

News.com.au - 27/03
A string of cutting-edge maritime innovations out of China have sounded alarms for defence analysts across the globe, with fears growing that the new technologies could be used in a potential invasion of Taiwan.

A string of cutting-edge maritime innovations out of China have sounded alarms for defence analysts across the globe, with fears growing that the new technologies could be used in a potential invasion of Taiwan.

Among the innovations China has fast-tracked are large modular landing barges capable of rapidly unloading heavy equipment and new designs for cutting undersea cables, which could play a key role in an amphibious assault on the island nation that Beijing covets.

The barges were seen in a video on Chinese social media. Geolocation technology revealed the video was shot on a public beach near Zhanjiang, which is home to China’s South Sea Fleet.

Defence experts consider the barges a “significant upgrade...
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