China sends missiles to contested South China Sea island: Fox News

[beijingwalker]

China sends missiles to contested South China Sea island: Fox News
| Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:00pm EST

The Chinese military has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of its contested islands in the South China Sea, Fox News reported on Tuesday, citing civilian satellite imagery.

The images, from ImageSat International, show two batteries of eight surface-to-air missile launchers as well as a radar system on Woody Island, part of the Paracel Island chain in the South China Sea, according to Fox News.

Woody Island is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.

Bill Urban, a Pentagon spokesman, said: "While I cannot comment on matters related to intelligence, we do watch these matters very closely."

The report comes as U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations concluded a summit in California.

At a news conference following the summit, Obama said he and the Southeast Asian leaders discussed the need to ease tensions in the South China Sea, and they agreed that any territorial disputes there should be resolved peacefully and through legal means.

A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island in the Paracel chain last month in a move the Pentagon said was aimed at countering efforts by China, Vietnam and Taiwan to limit freedom of navigation. China condemned the U.S. action as provocative.

The missiles arrived at Woody Island over the past week, Fox News said. According to the images, a beach on the island was empty on Feb. 3, but the missiles were visible by Feb. 14, it reported.

A U.S. official confirmed the accuracy of the photos, Fox News said.

The official said the imagery viewed appears to show the HQ-9 air defense system, which has a range of 125 miles (200 km) and would pose a threat to any airplanes, civilian or military, flying close by, according to Fox News.

Over the weekend, The Diplomat magazine reported that China was building a helicopter base at Duncan Island in the Paracel chain.

A State Department spokeswoman responded to the Diplomat report by calling on all claimants to the islands to halt construction and militarization of outposts.


China sends missiles to contested South China Sea island: Fox News| Reuters

 

[hirobo2]

Bravo. US will think twice b4 sending bombers near them again...

 

[CHD]

US will do nothing thanks to thier foriegn policy in middle east and now as the bear has also jumped.The turmoil of middle east and the western phenomena of terrorism is a great buffer for china to expand its power.
Middle east mess is not gonna settle china just have to sit watch and enjoy.

 

[Oldman1]

US will do nothing thanks to thier foriegn policy in middle east and now as the bear has also jumped.The turmoil of middle east and the western phenomena of terrorism is a great buffer for china to expand its power.
Middle east mess is not gonna settle china just have to sit watch and enjoy.

Just send another plane over the islands. China can't do anything about it.

 

[beijingwalker]

Just send another plane over the islands. China can't do anything about it.

Can your planes change anything which China is doing there?

 

[Oldman1]

Can your planes change anything which China is doing there?

Can your missiles do anything that our planes are doing?

 

[beijingwalker]

Can your missiles do anything that our planes are doing?

One day they will do, time is on our side. but your planes can never do anything.

 

[Oldman1]

One day they will do, time is on our side. but your planes can never do anything.

There is no one day. Its now or never. You put SAMs there for a reason. If you ain't using it while planes still flying over your islands, then there is no point. Don't use that well we will do something about it 100 years from now. Or 1 year from now.

 

[beijingwalker]

There is no one day. Its now or never. You put SAMs there for a reason. If you ain't using it while planes still flying over your islands, then there is no point. Don't use that well we will do something about it 100 years from now. Or 1 year from now.

We can wait but you can, we both know that, so we have a better game. besides, US has a good record of being good tourists in that region like your the seventh fleet did in 1974. We all know too well about that.

The South Vietnamese fleet also received warnings that U.S. Navy radar had detected additional Chinese guided missile frigates and jet fighters on their way from Hainan. South Vietnam requested assistance from the U.S. Seventh Fleet, but the request was denied.Battle of Paracel Islands

 

[Oldman1]

We can wait but you can, we both know that, so we have a better game. besides, US has a good record of being good tourists in that region like your the seventh fleet did in 1974. We all know too well about that.

You're doing it again buddy. We can wait...until then, keep waving at U.S. planes over the islands.

We can wait but you can, we both know that, so we have a better game. besides, US has a good record of being good tourists in that region like your the seventh fleet did in 1974. We all know too well about that.

We can wait but you can, we both know that, so we have a better game. besides, US has a good record of being good tourists in that region like your the seventh fleet did in 1974. We all know too well about that.

 

[beijingwalker]

You're doing it again buddy. We can wait...until then, keep waving at U.S. planes over the islands.

You don't even have the guts to rescue your treaty bound ally S.Vietnam in 1974 when China was so poor and backward, what can people expect you to do today

 

[Oldman1]

You don't even have the guts to rescue your treaty bound ally S.Vietnam in 1974 when China was so poor and backward, what can people expect you to do today

We already had war fatigue and not in enough mood for a fight til the Gulf War 1 to rescue Kuwait. Course we already saw what Vietnam did against China when it invaded it in 1979. Didn't look like it needed help.

 

[beijingwalker]

We already had war fatigue and not in enough mood for a fight til the Gulf War 1 to rescue Kuwait. Course we already saw what Vietnam did against China when it invaded it in 1979. Didn't look like it needed help.

You know what you are talking about ? "Gulf War 1 to rescue Kuwait" in 1974??

 

[Oldman1]

You know what you are talking about ? "Gulf War 1 to rescue Kuwait" in 1974??

You have bad comprehension. Read my post again.

 

[Oldman1]

You know what you are talking about ? "Gulf War 1 to rescue Kuwait" in 1974??

Did you know Saddam was hoping to raise fears of repeat of Vietnam when the U.S. was thinking about intervening to liberate Kuwait?

Mother of All Battles as he would claim?

 

[sweetgrape]

There is no one day. Its now or never. You put SAMs there for a reason. If you ain't using it while planes still flying over your islands, then there is no point. Don't use that well we will do something about it 100 years from now. Or 1 year from now.

Hehe, why you are such hasty, it is just beginning, be patient.

China dare to reclaim the island, and deploy the SAM there, we of course will protect it well, if not, why we waste that money?

I told you that Vnese have a forum, where we use Mark-Lenin ideas to predict every thing, RMB,CN fall,oil price, sub Mekong, TPP etc...many Vnese think the same like me,bro

Man, you make can't help laughing, , what kind of human are you?! you are so closed to God or neuropathy,