lead Chinese universal landing ship of Project 075 left the PLA naval base in Hainan and headed for the disputed islands in the Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea
The Spratly Islands are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. Composed of islands, islets and cays and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, the archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia, and southern Vietnam
