10,700 views|Aug 20, 2020,11:22am EDT
This Map Explains How Chinese Bombers And Missiles Control The South China Sea
Michael Peck
BEIJING, July 26, 2017 : File photo taken in July, 2016 shows Chinese H-6K bomber patrolling ...
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If you want to know why China wants control of the South China Sea – and why the U.S. and other nations may go to war to stop them – then take a look at this map.
A U.S. think tank has put together an interactive map of how Chinese air, missile and radar bases in the disputed South China Sea enable Beijing to project military power as far away as Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. The map, compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, depicts the ranges of Chinese weapons and radar deployed on various small islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
For example, clicking on the map’s Bomber Aircraft tab shows that Chinese H-6 bombers based on Woody Island – about 400 miles from Hong Kong — could strike targets far to the east of the Philippines, and as far south as Singapore, the vital shipping routes through the Strait of Malacca, and Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. China’s J-11 fighters could reach as far as Singapore, Balikpapan and the Java Sea, as well as to the east of the Philippines. Southern Vietnam and Malaysia would be well within range of Chinese airpower.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2020/08/20/this-map-shows-how-chinese-bombers-and-missiles-control-the-south-china-sea/#2628a25e21e9
