China splurges on yet more missile silos 3rd August 2021 - 03:57 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch RSS An overview of the new field of missile silos being built in eastern Xinjiang. (Federation of American Scientists) Beijing likes to accuse the US of having a ‘Cold War mentality', but China’s current splurge of missile silo building is unprecedented since the Cold War. On 9 July, Shephardreported that China was constructing a massive field of missile silos near Yumen in Gansu Province. Analysis of further satellite imagery has revealed that a second similarly sized missile silo facility is being built in eastern Xinjiang.