China deploys missiles

on disputed island

China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on a disputed island in the South China Sea, dramatically ratcheting up tensions in the region

CHINA

TAIWAN

PARACEL

ISLANDS

Paracel Islands:

Under Chinese

control – claimed

by Vietnam

and Taiwan

Triton

Island

SOUTH

CHINA

SEA

30km

VIETNAM

20 miles

PHILIPPINES

Woody Island /

Yongxing Dao

Spratly

Islands

Chinese

claim line

Sansha

city

BRUNEI

Runway:

3,000m long

INDONESIA

MALAYSIA

1 km

300km

0.6 miles

185 miles

HQ-9 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM:

Chinese-made mobile system equivalent to

Russian S-300 SAM

Length: 6.8m

Range: 200km

Guidance system

Speed: Mach 4.2 (1,440m/sec)

Inertial guidance with

mid-course update and

terminal active radar

homing

Flight ceiling: 27km

Launcher with

four missiles

Sources: UNCLOS, FAS, Air Power Australia

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China deploys missiles

on disputed island

China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on a disputed island in the South China Sea, dramatically ratcheting up tensions in the region

CHINA

TAIWAN

Paracel Islands:

Under Chinese

control – claimed

by Vietnam

and Taiwan

SOUTH

CHINA

SEA

VIETNAM

PHILIPPINES

Spratly

Islands

Chinese

claim line

BRUNEI

INDONESIA

MALAYSIA

300km

185 miles

Woody Island /

Yongxing Dao

PARACEL

ISLANDS

Sansha

city

Triton

Island

Runway:

3,000m long

30km

1 km

20 miles

0.6 miles

HQ-9 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM:

Chinese-made mobile system equivalent to

Russian S-300 SAM

Length: 6.8m

Guidance system

Inertial guidance

with mid-course

update and

terminal active

radar homing

Range: 200km

Speed: Mach 4.2

(1,440m/sec)

Flight ceiling: 27km

Launcher with

four missiles

Sources: UNCLOS, FAS, Air Power Australia

© GRAPHIC NEWS

China deploys

missiles on

disputed island

China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on a disputed island in the South China Sea, dramatically ratcheting up tensions in the region

CHINA

TAIWAN

Paracel

Islands

SOUTH

CHINA

SEA

VIETNAM

PHILIPPINES

Spratly

Islands

300km

185 miles

BRUNEI

MALAYSIA

INDONESIA

PARACEL ISLANDS

Under Chinese

control – claimed

by Vietnam and

Taiwan

Triton

Island

30km

20 miles

Woody Island /

Yongxing Dao

Sansha

city

Runway:

3,000m long

1 km

0.6 miles

HQ-9 SURFACE-TO-AIR

MISSILE SYSTEM:

Chinese-made mobile system

equivalent to Russian S-300 SAM

Length: 6.8m

Guidance

system

Range: 200km

Inertial guidance

with mid-course

update and

terminal active

radar homing

Speed: Mach 4.2

(1,440m/sec)

Flight ceiling:

27km

Launcher with

four missiles

Sources: UNCLOS, FAS

© GRAPHIC NEWS