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Islands in the spratlys. they have hangar space for a full regiment of fighter aircraft at each one of these, that s awful lot of capability. and finally, this is not without cost. these are not defenseless features. you re looking at advanced air defense, this is an anti-aircraft gun. reporter: analysts are worried about escalation. the biggest fear is accidental conflict. the south china sea, even under the best possible set of circumstances, is going to get more crowded and more contentious. there are going to be more commercial ships in the area, and there are going to be more military assets. reporter: a key question in all of this, did rex tillerson speak directly for president-elect trump when he said the u.s. should deny china access to those islands. i spoke to a trump transition official who walked back slightly from tillerson s ....

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