Townsend stated that Djibouti was only a stepping stone, and that China is considering establishing a similar maritime base on the Atlantic coast, which puts it closer to America's backyard. The new pier is long enough to accommodate one of China's two aircraft carriers, its largest amphibious assault ship, or four nuclear submarines. general in Africa, notified the House Armed Services Committee that the Chinese facility had successfully completed a wharf extension. On April 20, 2021, AFRICOM Commander General Stephen J. The base is advantageously located near the heavily trafficked Bab-el-Mandeb – the entrance to the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aden – constituting a major chokepoint for maritime traffic en route to the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea.
Army's Camp Lemonnier, raised concern in Washington.Īs a crossroads for three continents, Djibouti provides easy access to the PLAN warships, while its proximity to other military bases as well as to conflict zones in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula makes it useful for intelligence operations and cyber warfare. military base in Africa, in addition to the French naval base of Djibouti that is also known as the Naval base of Héron the Japan Self-Defense Force Base Djibouti Amedeo Guillet, an Italian military support base and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Support Base, which has been operated by the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) since its opening.īeijing's 2017 decision to build its first overseas military base near the commercial port of Doraleh, just a few kilometers from the U.S. With a population of under one million, it is situated in a geopolitical hotspot, at the end of a chokepoint between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden through which one-third of the world's ships must pass to transport energy and cargo.Ī former French colony, Djibouti hosts Camp Lemonnier, a United States Naval Expeditionary Base that is the most extensive permanent U.S. Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa, has become a geostrategic point for China.
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