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Great Wall of Naval Targets Discovered in Chinese Desert

12 May 2022

China has been honing its ship-killing skills for potential future conflicts on new targets in a remote desert, according to new satellite photos reviewed by USNI News. New analysis shows the People’s Liberation Army is testing the ability to hit ships in port with long-range ballistic missiles.

Since USNI News reported China has been building aircraft carrier targets in the Takmalakan Desert,...

https://news.usni.org/2022/05/11/great-wall-of-naval-targets-discovered-in-chinese-desert

Second U.S. Aircraft Carrier Missile Target Spotted in Chinese Desert

9 November 2021

A second suspected missile target in the shape of a U.S. aircraft carrier has been spotted in a rural Chinese desert, according to satellite photos obtained by USNI News.

The site consists of a single aircraft carrier target, miles from the nearest town in the Xinjiang region, according to photos provided to USNI News by satellite imagery company Maxar. The carrier target is...

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/09/second-u-s-aircraft-carrier-missile-target-spotted-in-chinese-desert

China ‘Clearly’ Developing Aviation and Maritime Capabilities to Counter U.S. in Indo-Pacific, Says Pentagon

8 November 2021

A screenshot of DF-26 launching in China.

China continues to pursue both aviation and maritime capabilities to counter the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.

Asked about China’s range targets that are shaped like U.S. warships, Defense Department spokesman John Kirby pointed to the Pentagon’s recent assessment of China’s military power.

“They can speak to their exercises and what they’re training against. It’s been pretty fairly obvious and we just released...

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/08/china-clearly-developing-aviation-and-maritime-capabilities-to-counter-u-s-in-indo-pacific-says-pentagon

China Builds Missile Targets Shaped Like U.S. Aircraft Carrier, Destroyers in Remote Desert

7 November 2021

An Oct. 20, 2021 satellite image of a target in the shape of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Tamaklan Desert in Central China. H I Sutton Illustration for USNI News Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies Used with Permission

The Chinese military has built targets in the shape of an American aircraft carrier and other U.S. warships in the Tamaklan desert as part of a new target range complex, according to photos provided to USNI News by satellite imagery company Maxar.

The full-scale outline of a...

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/07/china-builds-missile-targets-shaped-like-u-s-aircraft-carrier-destroyers-in-remote-desert