Imagery shows Chinese HQ-9 battery being removed from Woody Island

[Zarvan]

Satellite imagery captured on 10 July shows an HQ-9 strategic surface-to-air missile (SAM) battery on Woody Island in the process of being taken off the island on board a Chinese naval vessel.

The Airbus Defence and Space image revealed that the battery had been removed from its deployment site along the northern coast of Woody Island in the Paracels, a move that coincided with the conclusion of military exercises in the area that took place prior to the Permanent Court of Arbitration's (PCA's) 12 July ruling on the South China Sea dispute.

Imagery taken on 8 July shows most of the dispersed HQ-9 battery components concealed under camouflage netting.




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http://www.janes.com/article/62442/...-hq-9-battery-being-removed-from-woody-island

 

[S10]

There is no need to deploy the system there on a permanent basis. Vietnamese military aircraft generally avoids the area, and the skies are patrolled by 2nd Air Division and naval aviation. If needed, they can place the system back in less than a week.

 

[Jlaw]

china does not have enough HQ9 ?

 

[lcloo]

china does not have enough HQ9 ?

LOL, that is how poker game is play, one moment you show your hand next you hide them and let them guess what is your next card.

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

LOL, that is how poker game is play, one moment you show your hand next you hide them and let them guess what is your next card.

China just demonstrated to the trouble makers Dragons Claws. Job done. Back to development.

Why smaller states have to be stupid and become proxies for outsiders... is beyond understanding.