SIMI VALLEY: US defence secretary Ashton Carter on Saturday warned that land reclamation efforts and a military build-up in the South China Sea could lead to conflict between nations in the region.
Speaking at a defence forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, the Pentagon chief also said America was adapting its military posture to counter increased Russian “aggression.”
Appearing on the final leg of an eight-day trip that included meetings with defence ministers from several nations in the Asia-Pacific region, Carter said his concerns about the frantic pace of land reclamation in the South China Sea were broadly shared.
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Source: theSun
