China deploys fighter jets to West PH Sea island

According to Fox News, US intelligence has recorded China’s deployment of fighter jets on Woody Island in the Paracel chain of islands in the past few days — a move likely to cause further regional tensions. As per the report, Chinese Shenyang J-11s and Xian JH-7s were found in the island which also hosts two batteries of surface-to-air missiles and an-in progress high-frequency radar installation which is capable of detecting stealth aircraft. The news reportedly resulted in the cancellation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to his counterpart Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in the United States on Tuesday, February 23.