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Beijing Reportedly Installs Communications Jamming Equipment In South China Sea

The Wall Street Journal quotes U.S. officials as saying China has placed the jamming equipment on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands.
Map showing overlapping territorial claims in the South China Sea.

China has placed equipment designed to jam communications on a barren outpost in the South China Sea — a move apparently aimed at bolstering its dominance in a region where it has pushed extensive territorial claims with its maritime neighbors, The Wall Street Journal reports, quoting U.S. officials.

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