# Ex-Pentagon official warns China has ‘wiretapped the Red Sea’ from spy hub near US base

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- Fox News, 2026-09-21 10:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-wiretapped-red-sea-spy-hub-6-miles-us-base-ex-pentagon-official-warns

> A former Pentagon official warned that China has turned the Red Sea into a dangerous surveillance hub. A CSIS report identified new antennas, satellite communications equipment and signals-intelligence facilities at China’s Djibouti base, six miles from Camp Lemonnier, which could monitor nearby foreign militaries, though it could not establish whether communications were being actively intercepted.