BEIJING—Fresh satellite imagery suggests that China has been building radar facilities on some of the artificial islands it built in the South China Sea, in a move that would improve its military power in the region, a U.S.-based think tank said Tuesday. The report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the radar installations in the Spratly Islands comes days after U.S. and Taiwanese officials said Beijing had placed surface-to-air missiles on the…
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CHINA appears to be building military-grade radar on key shipping routes, in a move that’s filling other world powers with fear. Satellite images show what look like high frequency radar, communication towers and observation posts under construction on Cuarteron Reef, the southern -most of a chain of seven disputed islands in the South China Sea. The images were released by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in the US shortly after 3000m runways…