For U.S. and China, Lasers and Missiles Heighten Military Tensions

[ad_1] “Anyone with no invasive intention will find no reason to worry about this,” she added. While China has long claimed the islands, reefs and other outcroppings within the South China Sea, other nations also have claims there, including Vietnam and the Philippines. China’s vast reclamation project , which began in earnest in 2013, shortly after Mr. Xi became the country’s paramount leader, has steadily turned once-uninhabited places into fortified islands with airfields and increasingly military outposts. In doing so it has brushed aside …