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                                  South China Sea                       Introduction : Location:                  South China Sea is a small body of water of the western Pacific Ocean in Southeast Asia. It is located in the South of China (that's why called South China Sea), east and south of Vietnam, west of the Philippines and North of the Island of Borneo. It is bounded by the southern part of the Gulf of Thailand and east coast of the Malay. Area :             It covers 6 km² area, composed of 3.5 milllion sq km patch of water. Islands :                It consist of about 250 tiny and low Islands.                                            Southeast Asia   History :                  In 1421, Zheng He (a Chinese explorer and mariner) prepared the "Zheng He's Navigation Map", which included South China Sea Islands. The area was undisputed over its sovereignty until 1930. During WW2 many of the Islands were captured by the Japanese. But after H

What is Air Defense System? According to NATO, Air Defense System is defined as " All measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of incoming hostile air action". It is used to protect naval, ground and Air Base in any location from enemy air strike. It is deployed for homeland defense. It consists of surface to air missiles which can destroy the incoming cruise, ballistic, ICBM missiles and air crafts. Usually it have short range surface to air missiles. It can destroy enemy's aircraft and missiles only when it enters in the specific range. It is also called SAM (Surface to Air Missiles). This system was first introduced by Germans, but not became operational during WW2. Several years after the WW2, USA became the first country which deployed the world first air defence systems SAM-A1-GAPA in 1949. Later on in 1957, the USSR deployed its first air defence systems S-75 Dvina. Soon it became one of the most widely deployed air defence systems in history.