Special to WorldTribune.com China said the United States engaged in a “deliberate provocation” when it sent a guided missile destroyer close to one of Beijing’s artificial islands in the South China Sea. The USS Lassen on Oct. 26 sailed within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands chain. China’s Ministry of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China is bolstering its anti-submarine warfare capability by building a third airstrip on man-made islands and extending its reach in the South China Sea, according to Chinese and Western experts. A third airstrip in the Spratly archipelago would allow Beijing to extend the reach to more than 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from […]
