So much for the seas rising. China installing weapons on man made islands

[tyroneweaver]

obama threw his magic pixie dust on oceans I guess.

Exclusive: China installs weapons systems on artificial islands - U.S. think tank

 

[TheOldSchool]

And our new President wants to start a trade war with them. Fun times.

 

[Fueri]

No surprise there, the intention was clearly military all along.

But don't say "taiwan" around those guys or they'll do sumpin fer sher....

 

[tyroneweaver]

And our new President wants to start a trade war with them. Fun times.

Well if the oceans keep rising, we may baptize you yet.

 

[miketx]

All dem chinamen gotta do is go ahead on wit dey plans. Dat island gonna capsize.

 

[waltky]

Climate change threatening defense installations...

In Trump Era, Rising Seas Still a Concern for Defense Department
29 Oct 2017 | Military leaders will continue to address the risks that climate change poses to bases and national security.

Climate scientists in the federal government have been on the defensive since President Donald Trump took office in January. But military leaders will continue to address the risks that climate change poses to bases and national security, a senior Pentagon official said at conference Friday on sea level rise. Maureen Sullivan, a Defense Department deputy assistant secretary who oversees environmental issues, indicated that Defense Secretary James Mattis has set that tone from day one of the Trump administration. The Senate confirmed Mattis by 98-1 on the day Trump was inaugurated. Though it was apparent Mattis would breeze through, his senior aides still combed the written answers that Pentagon officials helped craft in response to senators' written questions.

Sullivan said they didn't like the "wishy-washy" words on climate change that her staffers submitted. "They came back to us and said: 'These are too weak. Secretary Mattis believes in climate change and the risk to national security. You need to make those stronger.' " Within the government, Sullivan said, "a changing climate" is replacing "climate change" as the term de rigueur. No matter what it's called, she said: "The fundamentals stay the same. The same general policy is that this is a risk that we need to integrate in day-to-day decision-making." Friday's conference, which drew more than 200 attendees, was called "Defending our Coasts: Ensuring Military Readiness & Economic Viability As Waters Rise." It was sponsored by the William & Mary Law School's Virginia Coastal Policy Center.

Families greet their loved ones returning home to Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va. According the the Union of Concerned Scientists, the base and its Dam Neck Annex will be underwater by 2100.​

It didn't take long for presenters to make the case for why climate change and sea level rise threaten military readiness. Shana Udvardy, a climate preparedness specialist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, ticked through the highlights of some of her group's recent reports on the threats to coastal bases. If global sea levels rise by 3.7 feet this century, as the union has forecast, more than half of Naval Air Station Oceana and its Dam Neck Annex will be underwater every day in 2100. The base stands to lose more than 10 percent of its land mass to constant flooding in just the next 35 years, according to the group. Joint Base Langley-Eustis would suffer large land losses as well, the group says. Storm surges from hurricanes would wreak even more havoc in the era of higher sea levels, potentially swamping entire bases, including Naval Station Norfolk, Udvardy said.

Some conference speakers decried Trump's move to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, saying the international agreement to reduce carbon emissions offers the clearest road map for slowing the global warming that's causing ice to melt and seas to rise. Udvardy said she found some encouragement in a vote by the Republican-controlled House in June. It approved an amendment to a military spending bill that requires the defense secretary to address climate change in numerous ways, including by compiling a list of the most vulnerable installations and proposing strategies for protecting them. The amendment still must be accepted by House and Senate conferees before it becomes part of a final bill.

In Trump Era, Rising Seas Still a Concern for Defense Department | Military.com

 

[waltky]

Rising Seas Threaten Military installations...

Military Leaders Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations
6 Aug.`18 - Former military leaders gather Tuesday at a conference on sea level rise and security at The Citadel.

Military leaders in South Carolina are preparing for rising sea levels while partisans dispute whether it's the effect of global warming. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the Marine Corps training grounds on Parris Island need a sea wall, roads near Charleston's Coast Guard stations are swamped when heavy rain adds to high tides and stone reinforcements were installed to protect a runway from erosion at the Marine Corp Air Station in Beaufort.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Platoon 4038, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, near the finish line of the run portion of their Initial Strength Test on Parris Island July 20, 2018.​

Former military leaders gather Tuesday at a conference on sea level rise and security at The Citadel. Retired Marine Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney is one conference speaker. The former commander of the Parris Island Recruit Depots says encroaching oceans could limit the ability to move troops or armaments, train for warfare or even staff bases.

Military Leaders Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations

 

[Claudette]

From what I've read that was their intention all along. That's why they built the man made islands.

 

[fncceo]

An exclusive economic zone gives China fishing and commercial exploitation of the sea extends 200 miles from their territorial limits ... New islands mean they control more ocean.