New satellite images have revealed mock-ups of U.S. naval vessels in a desert in western China. The structures, designed to look like a U.S. aircraft carrier and destroyers, are likely intended to be used as targets in military training.
The images were captured by Maxar Technologies, a Colorado-based imaging company. They were taken via satellite over the Ruoqiang area of the Taklamakan Desert, an obscure region in China’s Xinjiang Province.
