Intelligence reveals China has built island bases capable of launching nuclear bombers from the South China Sea.

China asserts sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, including the Spratly Islands, an archipelago with competing claims by Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Brunei.

Vietnam has been actively increasing its presence in the South China Sea by expanding land on several islands and reefs it controls in the Spratly Islands. 🌊 Vietnam’s Island Makeover Sends ...

China's military said it had expelled three Philippine aircraft from the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, marking the latest in a series of dangerous aerial encounters ...

Between 2013 and 2017, it reclaimed about 3,200 acres of land to construct seven artificial islands in the Spratly Islands chain, where these claims overlap with those of the Philippines, Vietnam ...

China opposes Vietnam's construction activities on a disputed islet in the South China Sea known as the Barque Canada Reef, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

In terms of artificial land, Vietnam has now created 2,236 acres in the Spratly Islands, around 63 percent of China’s 3,500 acres.

They challenge China’s extra-legal claims in the South China Sea, by asserting navigation rights and sailing military vessels in disputed waters. In 2017, the first Trump administration placed the ...

The U.S. has flown a B-52 bomber mission near disputed islands in the South China Sea, according to U.S. Pacific Air Forces. The last reported B-52 mission in the vicinity of the South China Sea ...

China's military said it warned and drove away three Philippine aircraft that "illegally intruded" into the airspace near the Spratly Islands on Thursday. There was no immediate comment from the ...

Philippines, China Tussle Over Uninhabited South China Sea Reef Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

A service member of the British Navy looks through binoculars during a "freedom of navigation activity" in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands on June 23, 2025. Just days earlier, the Spey ...