Image of point C dated Oct 22, 2005. A small bomb scored a hit. Image of point C dated Mar 18, 2007. Nothing has changed since last picture was taken. Image of…
Tag: Chinese Military
Target: CCK AFB
檢視較大的地圖 It is no secret that Chinese built a replica of Taiwan’s Ching Chuan Kang AFB to the southeast of Dingxin AB in central China. Dingxin AB, now commonly used for flight…
GRC-115
The Chinese shot down the U-2 for the first time on September 9 of 1962, killing the pilot Chen Huai (陳懷). Before this fateful mission, Chen had flown three other operational missions…
Ambushed by SAMs (王濤被飛彈偷襲)
On December 1, 1969, three Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs) were fired, mostly likely from this island, in an attempt to shoot down the U-2R piloted by Tom Wang. Wang took evasive actions immediately…
Chinese Atomic Energy Complex
檢視較大的地圖 The complex in the above Google Maps image used to be (and probably continues to be) a major target of U.S. reconnaissance programs. It was also the subject of the photographic…
Communist China, Now and Then
Here are selected U-2 imagery from 1964, when Johnny Wang (王錫爵) and Jack Chang (張立義), among others, were active U-2 pilots. I also provide current Google Earth shots of the coverted targets….
In God We Trust. All Others We Monitor.
Here are selected U-2 imagery of Chinese military bases. Google Earth users may want to download the associated kmz file to see what these bases look like now. Please save the file…
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (or Shuang Cheng Tzu Missile Center)
Bryan asked about the installation northeast of China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (酒泉衛星發射中心) in the post about Chinese replica of CCK AFB. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, aka Eastwind Space Campus (東風太空城), was…