China is building mock versions of US military ships in the desert
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China's military has constructed mock-ups in the shape of a US Navy aircraft carrier and US warships, possibly for target practice, in the desert of Xinjiang, according to Maxar satellite images reviewed by the independent United States Naval Institute (USNI).
Satellite images from China's northwest Xinjiang region appear to show a full-scale outline of a "Ford-class" aircraft carrier currently being constructed for the US Navy, and the shapes of at least two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers at a new target range complex in the Taklamakan Desert, according to the USNI, a private, non-profit, professional military association.
The complex has repeatedly been used for ballistic missile testing, according to USNI and Maxar Technologies, a space technology company.
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