Two U.S. officials told Fox News that China could be preparing to send air defense systems to its outposts in the South China Sea.
By Voice of America [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
U.S. spy satellites have spotted the HQ-9 and LD-2000 on Hainan and the anonymous officials say the ocation is “only temporary.”
Both air defense systems were deployed to the Paracel archipelago earlier this year.