Ship Photos of the Day – China’s Man-Made Island at Subi Reef
Subi reef, situated within the disputed Spratly Islands within the South China Sea, is proven in these handout satellite tv for pc photos supplied by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and launched to Reuters October 27, 2015.
The photos had been taken lower than one month aside.
The U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen on Monday sailed throughout the 12-nautical-mile territorial limits China claims round synthetic islands, heightening tensions within the space.
Subi Reef is considered one of seven synthetic islands constructed up by China prior to now yr.
AUGUST 8, 2015
REUTERS/CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/DigitalGlobe/Handout through Reuters
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
REUTERS/CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/DigitalGlobe/Handout through Reuters
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