China Deploying Weapons on Artificial Reefs, Think Tank Says

  • Weapons systems designed to protect against missile attacks
  • China has ignored ruling that South China Sea claims unlawful

The Gaven reef on Nov. 17, 2016.

Source: CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative / DigitalGlobe
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China appears to be deploying weapons systems on all seven of the reefs it has reclaimed in the South China SeaBloomberg Terminal, according to photographs released by a Washington-based think tank.