December 15, 2016

"Admiral Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command, said Wednesday in Sydney that the US is ready to confront China's 'aggressive' actions in the South China Sea after the July arbitration and will deploy the F-22 Raptor to northern Australia next year.

The US won't allow a 'shared domain to be closed down unilaterally,' he said. 'We will cooperate when we can but we will be ready to confront when we must.'

A recent report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said Wednesday that China has installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, citing satellite images. "

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