China’s Fake Islands Are Now a Big Problem

Some years ago, under Obama, China started dredging the ocean floor in international waters right in the middle of major shipping lanes.  Once they got the sand piled up to emerge out of the water they pave over it with cement and declare the “island” as their territory and demand that all ships and planes stay away.

Since no nations were willing to tell China their behavior was illegal and unacceptable...we now have a big problem.

China has deployed electronic attack systems and other military facilities on disputed islands in the South China Sea and is now capable of controlling the strategic waterway, according to the admiral slated to be the next Pacific Command chief.

Additionally, the command nominee Adm. Philip Davidson told the Senate Armed Services Committee in a written statement this week that the military urgently needs hypersonic and other advanced weaponry to defeat China's People's Liberation Army in a future conflict.

"In the future, hypersonic and directed energy weapons, resilient space, cyber and network-capabilities, and well-trained soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coastguardsmen will be crucial to our ability to fight and win," the four-star admiral said in written answers to questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Here:  http://freebeacon.com/national-security/pacom-nominee-china-military-islands-now-control-south-china-sea/