HONG KONG, March 28 (Reuters) – China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing’s latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters showed.
The deployment, which was not publicised by China, came ahead of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to the Philippines, which also claims the shoal that lies within its exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles.
China’s defence ministry did not immediately respond to questions from Reuters on the scale of the deployment or whether it was timed to coincide with Hegseth’s trip.
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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/satellite-images-show-fresh-chinese-bomber-deployment-south-china-sea-2025-03-28/
