China built new bases in South China Sea, US PACOM commander says | Jane's 360: "After years of 'reclamation' – creating artificial islands or artificially adding to existing ones – in the South China Sea, China is now establishing military bases on those manmade features, Admiral Harry Harris, the commander of US Pacific Command (PACOM), said.
“They now have seven new bases in the South China Sea,” Adm Harris said on 14 February during testimony to the US House Armed Services Committee. This likely will be the last committee update for the PACOM commander, who recently was nominated to become US ambassador to Australia.
Those islands and island-like features – barely more than windswept specks several years ago – now support barracks, radars, aircraft, hangars, and 10,000 ft runways, he said." Read More
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