'Beijing's claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful,' the U.S. State Department said in a statement last year.
show several Chinese military aircraft deployed from islands in the widely disputed South China Sea, indicating that China has taken residence and established military operations there.
The PLA, an acronym for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, reportedly occupied Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in May and June, and the Subi Reef in June and July. China has already built 9,000-foot runways on the three islands to accommodate any aircraft in its fleet, including its nuclear-capable H-6 bombers, according toNew satellite images show China deploying planes from the islands, demonstrating that they have militarized them. This aerial image taken from a C-130 transport plane shows a general view of Taiping island during a visit by journalists to the island in the South China Sea on March 23, 2016.
The militarization of the islands has been widely disputed, as the South China Sea has remained divided by multiple maritime claims by other countries, including Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan.
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