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China installed communication, radar jamming equipment on man-made islands: Report

By Katelyn Caralle
Published April 9, 2018 2:19pm ET
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China installed communication, radar jamming equipment on man-made islands: Report
In this 2017 file photo, an airstrip, structures and buildings on China's man-made Subi Reef in the Spratly chain of islands in the South China Sea are seen from a Philippine Air Force C-130 transport plane of the Philippine Air Force. | (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

China has installed equipment on two fortified outposts on the Spratly Islands capable of jamming communications and radar systems, which U.S. officials say signifies a stepped-up militarization of the South China Sea.

“China has deployed military jamming equipment to its Spratly Island outposts,” a Department of Defense official said.

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