Thẻ: AMTI

Under Pressure: Philippine Construction Provokes a Paramilitary Response

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bạn nghĩ gì về bài viết này?
February 6, 2019  |  AMTI BRIEF

Under Pressure: Philippine Construction Provokes a Paramilitary Response
On February 4, Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced that construction of a new beaching ramp at Thitu Island would be completed in early 2019. Thitu is the largest of the nine features occupied by the Philippines in the Spratlys Islands and is home to about 100 civilians along with a small military garrison. The ramp, which was originally scheduled for completion in 2018, will facilitate the delivery of construction equipment and materials to the island for further planned upgrades, especially to its crumbling runway. AMTI previously tracked the start of repair work on the runway in May 2018, but that appears to have been halted while the beaching ramp is completed. Continue reading “Under Pressure: Philippine Construction Provokes a Paramilitary Response” →
Advertisements

Fighter jet spotted on South China Sea island, more believed in hangars: U.S. think tank

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bạn nghĩ gì về bài viết này?
Fighter jet spotted on South China Sea island, more believed in hangars: U.S. think tank
A Chinese J-11 fighter jet is seen on the airstrip at Woody Island in the South China Sea in this March 29 satellite photo. | CSIS AMTI / DIGITALGLOBE / VIA REUTERS

japan times

by Staff Writer

Apr 7, 2017A Chinese fighter jet has been spotted on a Chinese-controlled island in the South China Sea for the first time in a year, a U.S. think tank said Thursday as President Donald Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), part of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the J-11 fighter jet was visible on a runway in a satellite photo taken March 29 of Woody Island in the disputed waterway’s Paracel chain. More fighters were believed to be in hangers nearby. Continue reading “Fighter jet spotted on South China Sea island, more believed in hangars: U.S. think tank” →

China Building Third Airstrip in South China Sea, US Expert Warns

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bạn nghĩ gì về bài viết này?
Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still file image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy

China Building Third Airstrip in South China Sea, US Expert Warns

© REUTERS/ U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters
Asia & Pacific

04:00 15.09.2015(updated 11:19 15.09.2015)
China appears to be building a third airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea, a US expert said on Monday, citing satellite photographs taken last week.

The photos – taken for Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) – show construction on Mischief Reef, one of the artificial islands China has built in the Spratly archipelago, Reuters reported.

The images show infrastructure matching similar work China has done on two other reefs, said Greg Poling, director of CSIS’s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI). Continue reading “China Building Third Airstrip in South China Sea, US Expert Warns” →