它还在目前陷入危机的马尔代夫租用了几个岛屿并计划在那里建立一个海洋观测站收集附近海域数据，以便在印度洋部署攻击型核潜艇和弹道导弹核潜艇。
And it has leased several islands in the crisis-ridden Maldives, where it is set to build a marine observatory that will provide subsurface data supporting the deployment of nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) and nuclear-powered ballistic missile subs (SSBNs) in the Indian Ocean.