According to reports, the Chinese military is using replicas of US aircraft carriers and other ships to practice missile targets at a weapon test facility in a remote desert in the northwest of the country.
According to reports, the Colorado-based space technology company Maxar Technologies obtained satellite images dated Sunday showing an aircraft carrier-shaped target and two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers on railroad tracks. National Institutes of Health News.
According to reports, these models are part of a new range developed by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Taklimakan Desert in northwestern Xinjiang.
It is also close to the former shooting range built by China to test an early version of its “Carrier Killer” DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile. According to reports, the carrier killer tested in the South China Sea last year was described by senior U.S. Navy officials as “clear and unmistakable information.”
The US Seventh Fleet patrolling the Indo-Pacific region has deployed aircraft carriers and destroyers similar to the model.
Satellite images show that the aircraft carrier target appears to be “a flat surface with no carrier islands, aircraft elevators, weapon ramps, or other details.” The silhouette of the aircraft carrier stood out from the surrounding desert on the radar.
The report added that warship targets are more complex, with many upright poles on them, which may be used for instrumentation. There is also an extensive rail system in the facility.
according to South China Morning Post, The website is clear to the satellite, indicating that Beijing is “trying to show Washington the capabilities of its missile force.”
A report added that the complexity of the objectives also means that “the PLA is continuing to invest in deterrence to limit the effectiveness of U.S. naval forces close to China – especially against the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin Cited In his daily briefing on Monday, he had no information about these images. “I don’t know the situation you mentioned,” Wang said.
At the same time, due to China’s recent aggression against Taiwan, the threat of war in the Pacific region is imminent. In addition to dispatching a record number of fighters to the air defense zones of autonomous island nations, the Chinese Premier also called for Taiwan’s reunification with the mainland.
Although President Joe Biden has Public affirmation Since the United States twice pledged to defend Taiwan, Washington has long adopted a policy of “strategic ambiguity” regarding the role the United States will play in a military conflict between China and Taiwan.
The Pentagon recently published a report According to the report, China is expanding its nuclear power much faster than US officials predicted. According to the report, this seems to be to allow Beijing to catch up with or surpass the global power of the United States by the middle of this century.
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