BEIJING MAY HAVE REMOVED MISSILES FROM DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLAND

Source: CNN

By James Griffiths,

Beijing may have removed missile systems from a disputed island in the South China Sea even as it accused the US of sending “attacking weapons” to the region.

The deployment of a number of missile systems to the Spratly and Paracel Islands in May sparked an angry rebuke from Washington about Beijing’s “militarization” of the sea, almost all of which is claimed by China.

It was followed by a B-52 bomber flyover of the Spratlys this week, which the US said was part of a “routine training mission.”

Read more at: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/06/asia/south-china-sea-missiles-satellite-intl/index.html

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