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Images Show China Building 'Reinforced Hangars' for Fighter Jets in Spratlys -- Research Agency

Desiree Sison   |

Aug 09, 2016 07:56 AM EDT

An international think tank said on Monday that contrary to Chinese President Xi Jinping's statement that Beijing would not militarize the disputed Spratlys Islands in the South China Sea, recent satellite images show that China has built "reinforced hangars" on several islets capable of housing fighter jets of the People's Liberation Army air force.