fredag 19. februar 2016

South China Sea dispute: US military will continue operations in region


The US military will continue to “fly, sail and operate” anywhere that international law allows, Barack Obama’s spokesman said on Wednesday, responding to reports of China’s deployment of surface-to-air missile launchers on a disputed island in the South China SeaBeijing’s provocative move threatens to heighten tensions with the US and its regional allies in a critical shipping route. Images taken by the private company ImageSat International appear to show that two batteries of eight missile launchers and a radar system were deployed to Woody Island in the past week. Read more