SOUTH CHINA SEA — China has installed military jamming equipment on two of its Spratly Islands outposts that can disrupt communications and radar systems, U.S. officials say. <br /><br />Satellite imagery taken by commercial satellite company DigitalGlobe shows a suspected jammer system with its antenna extended on Mischief Reef, one of China's seven artificial islands, the Wall Street Journal reported. <br /><br />Three of its man-made outposts — Fiery Cross, Mischief Reef and Subi Reef — now have 10,000-foot runways, airplane hangars, ammunition depots, barracks and deep-water piers for ships.<br /><br />The new jamming equipment was installed within the last 90 days on Fiery Cross and Mischief Reef, according to U.S. intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported. <br />China claims sovereignty over all of the South China Sea, however their territorial claims overlap with those of Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
