CNN:
Hong Kong (CNN)Beijing may have removed missile systems from a disputed island in the South China Sea even as it accused the US of sending “attacking weapons” to the region.
The deployment of a number of missile systems to the Spratly and Paracel Islands in May sparked an angry rebuke from Washington about Beijing’s “militarization” of the sea, almost all of which is claimed by China.
It was followed by a B-52 bomber flyover of the Spratlys this week, which the US said was part of a “routine training mission.”
New analysis from Israeli intelligence firm ImageSat International (ISI) suggests the Chinese missile systems may have been removed or relocated.On Wednesday, Beijing said it was the US, not China, which was militarizing the region.
