China installs cruise missiles on South China Sea outposts: CNBC

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Source: Reuters


May 2, 2018 / 6:48 PM / Updated 3 hours ago





The installations, if confirmed, would mark the first Chinese missile deployments in the Spratly Islands, where several Asian countries including Vietnam and Taiwan have rival claims.

China has made no mention of any missile deployments but says its military facilities in the Spratlys are purely defensive, and that it can do what it likes on its own territory.

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The foreign ministry said China has irrefutable sovereignty over the Spratly Islands and that its necessary defensive deployments were for national security needs and not aimed at any country.

“Those who do not intend to be aggressive have no need to be worried or scared,” ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing. .................................

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-china-missiles/china-installs-cruise-missiles-on-south-china-sea-outposts-cnbc-idUSKBN1I336G

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three of its outposts in the South China Sea, U.S. news network CNBC reported on Wednesday, citing sources with direct knowledge of U.S. intelligence reports.
FILE PHOTO: Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy May 21, 2015. U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

[jpak]

1. Global Warming will destroy those "islands"

yup

[Nitram]

2. Meanwhile, their missile launchers will have to be installed on platforms at the top of stilts.

Until the first Category 5 typhoon comes along, and then they will just be very small chunks of coral again.

[psychopomp]

3. China continues to ratchet up its challenge

for pre-eminence in the SCS. Don't forget, their Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) stretches across their entire claim in the region, encompassing almost the entirety of the SCS.

[heaven05]

4. mistakes

waiting to happen. And with our very own lunatic as a potus, well....