White House warns China on growing militarization in South China Sea

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White House warns China on growing militarization in South China Sea
By Ben Westcott, Ryan Browne and Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 10:56 PM ET, Thu May 3, 2018

 (CNN)The White House warned Beijing on Thursday that there will be consequences for its growing militarization in the South China Sea, following reports of missiles being deployed to three of the country's outposts in the disputed region.

US intelligence assessed that there is a high probability the Chinese military had deployed anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles to three artificial islands during recent military drills on the contested sea.

But a US defense official told CNN it was unclear if the missiles remained on the outposts following the April exercises.

Read more at: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/03/asia/south-china-sea-missiles-spratly-intl/index.html