James Clapper, the director of US national intelligence said that China will be able to project “substantial offensive military power” from the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea’s disputed Spratly Islands within months. This was contained in a letter to John McCain, chair of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. China will be able to deploy a range of offensive and defensive capabilities based on the scopr of constructions on the said artificial islands.
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