MANILA, Philippines—Three stealth missile fast attack craft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy were spotted parked at Panganiban Reef in the West Philippine Sea, a sign of China’s continued expansion of its man-made island there into a military base to enforce its invalidated claim to ownership of nearly the entire South China Sea.
Panganiban Reef—internationally known as Mischief Reef—is inside the Philippines’ 370-km exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea. Waters within this zone are known locally as West Philippine Sea.
The Chinese war vessels were Type 022 wave-piercing catamarans equipped with missile launchers and capable of t…
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