China appears to be ramping up construction of missile silos in the desert But could it be a shell game ? - 10-Jul-2021 nzcity.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzcity.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CHINA’S NUCLEAR arsenal is piddling by American or Russian standards. The country has scarcely 200 warheads, reckons America’s Department of Defence, and perhaps 100 or so inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Until last week it had only 16 known silos for latest-generation ICBMs. So eyebrows were raised when satellite imagery revealed 120 new ones being built in the desert of Gansu province, in western China.
The silos, near the city of Yumen, were identified by researchers from the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies, an American think-tank, whose findings were published on June 30th in the
Washington Post. These and other experts reckon that the structures are designed to house China’s newest ICBM, the DF-41, which can reach almost all of America’s mainland. The question is why so many are needed.
Missile silo infrastructure signals China may be expanding nuclear capabilities
Sky News host Alan Jones says China is likely upgrading its nuclear arsenal after a more than 100 Chinese nuclear missile silos were discovered in the Gobi Desert.
Dominica FunnellDigital Reporter
July 2, 2021 - 11:02AM
Researchers have warned China may be expanding its nuclear capabilities after satellite images indicated more than 100 missile silos were being built in the Gobi Desert.
At least 119 silos have been identified which are believed to house intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The discovery was first made by researchers from the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies after analysing images provided by commercial company, Planet.
China is building more than 100 missile silos in a remote desert, analysis of satellite imagery suggests.
US researchers, from the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said they discovered the site while studying satellite photos.
The study s findings, first reported by the Washington Post, identified 119 missile silos, likely to hold intercontinental ballistic missiles, being built in the desert of Gansu province.
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A commercial satellite photo taken over northwestern China shows what experts say is a construction site for a new silo for a nuclear-tipped ICBM. The construction site is hidden under a deep cover, a common concealment practice observed at other Chinese missile sites. (Planet/Center for Nonproliferation Studies)(Supplied)
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