· Communist People's Republic of China is quietly testing electronic warfare assets of late installed at fortified outposts inwards the South Communist People's Republic of China Sea, sources order CNBC.
· Electronic warfare assets are designed to confuse or disable communications together with radar systems.
· Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Pentagon spokesperson declined to comment on tidings matters.
A Chinese Naval officeholder stands guard beside a submarine at the Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base inwards Hong Kong. China is quietly testing electronic warfare assets of late installed at fortified outposts inwards the South Communist People's Republic of China Sea, according to sources who convey seen US tidings reports.
Intelligence assessments, which were curated less than a calendar month ago, tell this is the outset known utilisation of the equipment since its deployment before this yr to outposts inwards the Spratly Islands, said the sources, who spoke on the status of anonymity.
A Pentagon spokesperson declined to comment on tidings matters.
The deed allows Beijing to farther projection its ability inwards the hotly disputed waters. The placement of electronic warfare assets, which are designed to confuse or disable communications together with radar systems, comes on the heels of China’s installation of anti-ship cruise missiles together with surface-to-air missile systems on iii outposts inwards the hotly contested waters of the South Communist People's Republic of China Sea.
The novel coastal defence systems, coupled alongside electronic warfare equipment, stand upwards for pregnant additions to Beijing’s armed services portfolio inwards ane of the around contested regions inwards the world.
The South Communist People's Republic of China Sea, which is domicile to to a greater extent than than 200 specks of land, serves every bit a gateway to global bounding main routes where to a greater extent than or less $3.4 trillion of merchandise passes annually.
The numerous overlapping sovereign claims to islands, reefs together with rocks — many of which disappear nether high tide — convey turned the waters into an armed camp. Beijing holds the lion’s part of these features alongside to a greater extent than or less 27 outposts peppered throughout.
CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/CNBC
Map of the South Communist People's Republic of China Sea.
The Spratlys, to which 6 countries lay claim, are located to a greater extent than or less two-thirds of the agency eastward from southern Vietnam to the southern Philippines.
Just N of the Spratly Islands prevarication the Paracels, where Beijing boasts xx outposts including Woody Island, which serves every bit China’s administrative together with armed services headquarters inwards the South Communist People's Republic of China Sea.
Woody Island features an airstrip, helipads, xx hangars for combat aircraft, J-10 together with J-11 fighter jets, HQ-9 surface-to-air missiles, together with anti-ship cruise missiles.
Meanwhile, Communist People's Republic of China maintains that its island-building on strategic outposts inwards the South Communist People's Republic of China Sea is for nonmilitary functions. Yet the jamming equipment together with missile systems look to serve no other purpose than for armed services interests.
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