Paracels Island, Spratlys Island, South China Sea - GS questions based on daily current affairs

ANSWER: 1 and 4

Explanation:
- Su-35 is a fighter jets developed by Russia.
- China will buy 24 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets in a deal worth more than $2 billion.
- The deal will make China the first foreign buyer of the Su-35, one of Russia’s most advanced military aircraft.
- The acquisition of 24 Su-35 planes would greatly extend China’s reach over the South China Sea as Su-35 are best accommodated to take off from short run-way.
- The Irbis-6 radars on the Su-35 can track the state-of-the art American jet F-35 stealth fighter nearly 90 kilometres away.

ANSWER: South China Sea

Explanation:
- The nine-dashed line is also called as a nine-dotted line or U-shaped line or nine-dash map.
- It refer to the demarcation line used initially by the government of the Republic of China(ROC / Taiwan) and subsequently also by the government of the People's Republic of China(PRC), for their claims of the major part of the South China Sea(SCS)
- The contested area in the SCS includes the Paracel Islands,the Spratly Islands, and various other areas including the Pratas Islands, the Macclesfield Bank and the Scarborough Shoal.