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.New analysis from Israeli intelligence firm ImageSat International (ISI) suggests the Chinese missile systems may have been removed or relocated. "Despite China's claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapon systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion," US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said at a summit in Singapore this week "Make no mistake: America is in the Indo-Pacific to stay. This is our priority theater."Other delegates to the gathering of regional defense chiefs also expressed concern over increasing activity Of China at South China Sea and its attempts to disrupt what is known as the "rules-based order."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/asia/south-china-sea-missiles-satellite-intl/index.html
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