The U.S. intelligence community discovers “hundreds” of surface-to-air missiles that China recently shipped to its Hainan Island in the South China Sea to protect airstrips on three of the man-made islands against intruders, exclusive report on Fox News.
According to the report, the total number of surface-to-air missiles on Hainan could reach 500. The new missiles have been seen by American intelligence satellites on China’s provincial island province of Hainan, which is not part the disputed islands.
The missiles now on Hainan island, China’s largest in the South China Sea, are a combination of short- medium- and long-range weapons. And they include one battalion of the advanced SA-21 system, a long-range missle system that is based on fourth-generation Russian software and capable of knocking out aircraft from as far away as 250 miles.
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