Sentence examples for defence facilities from inspiring English sources
Geng said it was "completely normal" and China's "inherent sovereign right" to carry out construction work and install defence facilities on what it considers its territory.
A foreign ministry spokesman also sidestepped confirming the deployment, but did say: "Whether or not to deploy defence facilities on islands is totally within China's sovereignty.
The Foreign Office described the aim as building "defence facilities … without hindrance or political agitation", according to recently released Colonial Office archives.
Among its particular gripes are the promise of Nato membership for Georgia and Ukraine, and the stationing of US-led missile defence facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic.
The majority of public opinion in Britain believes that siting missile defence facilities in Britain, Poland and the Czech Republic will increase the security threat faced by Britain and Europe as a whole.
"Deploying necessary national defence facilities on its own territory is China's exercise of self-preservation and defence, a right granted by international law to sovereign states," he said during his regular press conference on Tuesday.
Syrian activists and opposition groups reported strong explosions on Wednesday night that appeared to come from inside an air defence facility in Latakia.
Referring to the lease, Lady Anelay said: "The agreements underpinning the UK/US defence facility will roll over automatically on 31 December if neither side breaks silence.
A royal visit to Uluru, not far from the Pine Gap joint defence facility that probably transacted the extrajudicial death sentence last November.
"In an increasingly dangerous world, the defence facility is used by us and our allies to combat some of the most difficult problems of the 21st century including terrorism, international criminality, instability and piracy," Duncan said.
However a report on the website of Russian state television from late June described how the rebels in Donetsk had taken control of a Ukrainian missile defence facility that was equipped with Buk systems.
