MANILA, Philippines - Aside from Panganiban Reef (Mischief reef),
China has installed another powerful radar in its occupied Subi Reef, an islet
12 nautical miles from Kalayaan municipality in Palawan province's Pag-Asa
Island in the Spratly region, the mayor of the island town said Thursday.
Kalayaan town Mayor Eugenio
Bito-onon said the silver colored dome radar is located atop a four-storey
building which the Chinese have started to build six years ago at the reef
southwest of Pag-Asa.
“While the radar could be only
for weather monitoring and weather forecasting, one can also surmise that it
can also monitor wide areas in the region of any moving and floating objects,”
Bito-onon said.
At the other side of the building
is a lighthouse that on calm waters Bito-onon said, which can be seen from
Pag-Asa Island at night time.
Aside from Subi Reef, China has
also constructed a military garrison in Panganiban Reef (Mischief Reef), an
area only 70 nautical miles from Palawan.
Located within the country’s
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Panganiban Reef, which located halfway towards
the hotly-contested Spratlys Group of Islands, was occupied by China in 1994.
Despite a strong protest from the
Philippines, China put up stilts and then transformed Panganiban Reef into a
highly fortified military garrison equipped with powerful radars and other air
and maritime monitoring equipment.
China is laying almost the entire
West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), which is also being claimed in whole or
in part by Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei, as an integral part of its
maritime domain.
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