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| China's Artificial Island built on Fiery Cross Reef |
Recent satellite photos reveal that China is building up its military presence at the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).
The photos, collected and studied by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, showed that China constructed reinforced aircraft hangars at Fiery Cross, Subi and Mischief Reefs, which are part of the disputed islands, The New York Times daily newspaper reported.
“They [hangars] are far thicker than you would build for any civilian purpose. They’re reinforced to take a strike,” Gregory Poling, director of the center’s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, told The New York Times.
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