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TAIWAN PLANS TO BUILD AIRFIELD ON DISPUTED S. CHINA SEA ISLAND.
TAIPEI, Dec 16 Asia Pulse - Vice Minister of National Defense Huo Shou-yeh confirmed Thursday that the Taiwan government will build an airfield on one of the biggest islets of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
The minister emphasized that the airport to be located on Taiping Island, is not intended for military use but humanitarian purposes such as emergency sea rescue efforts.
Hou said that the plan to build the airfield was proposed by the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) and that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) would assist by sending soldiers for construction.
Plans for the airfield provide for basic facilities, including a 1,150-meter runway and a control tower.
The minister said the airfield will only be capable of handling the takeoff and landing of C130 aircraft, not other military aircraft, fighters or anti-submarine aircraft, so the airfield will not pose any military threat to the surrounding islets.
The Spratly Islands, which consist of more than 100 small islands or reefs surrounded by rich fishing grounds and oil deposits, are claimed either entirely or partially by Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Taiwan, China, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam have stationed small numbers of military forces on some of the islands.
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