Pentagon Confirms China Landings On Manmade Island

It appears China landed three aircraft earlier this month on a newly built airfield located on an artificial island over Kagitingan – or Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea, or the West Philippine Sea, depending on which country’s map is being consulted, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook confirms....

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