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The U.S. intelligence community thinks the "hundreds" of surface-to-air missiles that China recently shipped to its Hainan Island in the South China Sea will be moved to the country’s nearby and disputed man-made islands in the coming months, two military officials told Fox News on Saturday. The plan follows what U.S. intelligence officials say is Beijing’s expressed desire to protect its three airstrips on three of the man-made islands. The missiles now on Hainan island, China’s largest in the South China Sea, are a combination of short- medium- and long-range weapons. And they include one battalion of the advanced SA-21 system, a long-range missle system that is based on fourth-generation Russian software and capable of knocking out aircraft from as far away as 250 miles. The total number of surface-to-air missiles on Hainan could reach 500, one of the military officials told Fox News. China shipping more surface-to-air missiles from the mainland to the South China Se...

China has sent more surface-to-air missiles from the mainland to the South China Sea, and the U.S. intelligence community anticipates these new missiles will eventually go to some of China’s disputed territories for the first time, two U.S. officials tell Fox News. The new missiles have been seen by American intelligence satellites on China’s provincial island province of Hainan. While Hainan is not part the disputed islands, officials say this location is “only temporary” and anticipate the missiles will be deployed soon to the contested Spratley Islands or Woody Island. The two missile systems seen on Hainan island are known as the CSA-6b and HQ-9. The CSA-6b is a combined close-in missile system with a range of 10 miles and also contains anti-aircraft guns. The longer-range HQ-9 system has a range of 125 miles, and is roughly based on the Russian S-300 system. This latest deployment of Chinese military equipment comes days after the Chinese returned an unclassified underwater rese...

A giant golden door which leads to nowhere has been installed atop the roof of a building in China. The 26-foot-tall door has been drawing attention from locals. The giant door was mounted on a building in Chongquing, where it stands alone with nothing on either side but the outside air.

The oceanographic survey ship, USNS Bowditch, which deployed an underwater drone seized by a Chinese Navy warship in international waters in the South China Sea. HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - A Chinese naval vessel seized a US underwater drone operating off the coast of the Philippines, sparking a protest from the Pentagon. 1. HAS ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED BEFORE? While confrontations between US and Chinese military ships or planes occur on occasion, this is the first time China has seized an American underwater drone. The last major incident between the nations in the South China Sea happened in 2013, when a Chinese vessel nearly collided with the Cowpens, an American missile-carrying cruiser. Four years earlier, Chinese ships had reportedly harassed the US Navy vessel Impeccable, leading to American protests. In 2001, shortly after former President George W. Bush took office, a Chinese jet collided with a US spy plane operating in the South China Sea, which made an emergency ...