China says deployment of military equipment on Spratlys is legitimate

EghtesadOnline: China's deployment of necessary defensive military equipment on the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea was legitimate and lawful, its defense ministry said on Thursday.

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15 December 2016

The ministry made the comment on its official microblog, according to Reuters.

On Wednesday, a U.S. think tank reported that China appeared to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the busy waterway, citing new satellite imagery.