New silos are being built from where China’s most powerful ballistic missiles like the DF-41 could be launched. Photo: AP
New silos are being built from where China’s most powerful ballistic missiles like the DF-41 could be launched. Photo: AP

China is building more underground silos for its ballistic missiles

  • Satellite images show at least 16 of the launch facilities being constructed in a PLA training area in Inner Mongolia, according to US think tank report
  • It says they are designed to accommodate the country’s most powerful ICBMs, as it seeks to boost nuclear deterrence

New silos are being built from where China’s most powerful ballistic missiles like the DF-41 could be launched. Photo: AP
New silos are being built from where China’s most powerful ballistic missiles like the DF-41 could be launched. Photo: AP
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