U.S. warns China is building more nuclear missile silos

The U.S. military is warning about what analysts have described as a major expansion of China’s nuclear missile silo fields

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The U.S. military is warning about what analysts have described as a major expansion of China’s nuclear missile silo fields at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Washington. Researchers at the Federation of American Scientists estimate that China has approximately 250 underground missile silos under construction after they used satellite imagery to identify a new field being built in western China. U.S. Strategic Command tweeted a link Wednesday to a story in The New York Times on the federation's findings, which were published this week. “The public has discovered what we have been saying all along about the growing threat the world faces and the veil of secrecy that surrounds it,” said Strategic Command, which oversees America's nuclear arsenal.