China Building on New Reef in South China Sea, Think Tank Says

[TomSea]

China Building on New Reef in South China Sea, Think Tank Says
Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has installed a new platform on a remote part of the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea which could be used for military purposes, according to recent satellite images reviewed by a U.S. think tank.

The strategic waterway is claimed almost in its entirety by China, whose continued building of military and other installations on artificial islands and reefs there has unnerved the region and angered Washington.

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative of Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies said the images showed a "modest new structure" on Bombay Reef, topped by a radome and solar panels.

Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-11-20/more-civilian-focus-less-military-in-south-china-sea-would-ease-fears-chinese-paper

[Fishrrman]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese have plans for several more of these "manufactured islands" -- that will then become military bases by which to extend their territorial claims.