Navy Videos Show Chinese Military Installations in Spratly Islands

Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy released a pair of videos taken from aboard a P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane recently as it flew a daily mission over the Spratly Islands where China has allegedly been dredging islands to increase their size and build facilities there.

The videos show both the aircraft’s video consoles — which show the construction in close-up detail — and footage from the exterior of the plane. The Navy says that during the flight, the plane’s crew documented warnings from China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy to leave the area.

Similar flights happen regularly, and Chinese warnings are frequently documented.


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