April 5, 2020
Mother Nature Is Trying To Reclaim China's Man-Made Islands
Not even Beijing can stop the ocean.
by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L
Key point: The island bases’ uncertain future hasn’t deterred China from heaping additional capabilities on their potentially fragile infrastructure.
China’s island outposts in the China Seas might have a major weakness.
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Since 2013 the Chinese government has dredged and mostly destroyed ecologically delicate reefs in disputed waters in order to build seven major military bases complete with ports, airstrips and radar and missile installations.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/mother-nature-trying-reclaim-chinas-man-made-islands-140167
