Taiwan's largest underground air base revealed

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Consisting of dozens of connected caves and capable of holding 200 planes, Chiashan Base, located in Huanlien County, Taiwan, is the largest underground air base of the Taiwan air force, according to news form Taiwan-based Broadcasting Corporation of China. A

fter years of operating in secret, the base was finally made open to the media in April.

With a 2,400-meter runway through Chiashan hangar, the base has hidden taxiways connecting it to the neighboring Huanlien Base. The base is capable of withstanding conventional missiles. Construction of the base started in 1985 and lasted nearly nine years.