According to Defence News datelined Tel Aviv, new Imagery captured on May 8, 2017, from an ImageSat International (ISI) Eros B satellite indicates Chinese preparations for new land-based missile installations on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)'s Yulin Naval Base at the tip of Hainan Island. It quoted ISI imagery analyst Amit Gur as saying the PLA appears to have deployed multiple missile launchers on the western side of the base and the “The direction in which the launchers are facing leads us to believe these are shore-to-ship missiles.” He also said that similar construction is taking place on the eastern side of Yulin. Amit Gur noted that expansion of the PLA's Yulin Naval base fortifies Beijing’s strategic triangle of forward bases with which to quickly project its power well beyond neighboring Vietnam and the Philippines.