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China has expanded its military surveillance and intelligence-gathering capabilities at its base in Djibouti, just miles from a key U.S. military installation, raising concerns among U.S. defense experts about Beijing’s ability to monitor military activity in the Red Sea region
China has expanded its military surveillance and intelligence-gathering capabilities at its base in Djibouti, just miles from a key U.S. military installation, raising concerns among U.S. defense experts about Beijing’s ability to monitor military activity in the Red Sea region. A recent report by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), based on commercial satellite imagery, identified several new facilities and communications systems at China’s military base in Djibouti. The report said the upgrades could allow the Chinese military to improve its ability to monitor nearby military operations, track naval movements and communicate with Beijing. However, CSIS noted that satellite imagery alone cannot determine whether China is actively intercepting communications from the site. Morgan Murphy, a former Trump White House official who served as press secretary to then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper, told Fox News Digital that the developments appeared to indicate an effort by Beijing to strengthen its intelligence-gathering capabilities. The CSIS report identified a control building, three 30-meter dipole antennas for high-frequency communications, two smaller antennas for…
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