The facilities on Fiery Cross Reef also include satellite communication (SATCOMM) and meteorological dishes. Chinese facilities on Johnson South Reef include four octagon-shaped huts and a ...
The island would be used as a military base to enforce a South China Sea air-defense identification zone.
Manila has also contested Chinese land reclamation on a reef it claims as Philippines territory. China has reclaimed land on the Johnson South Reef in violation of an agreement to not occupy ...