China builds US aircraft carrier-shaped target in desert to practice missile strikes
The Chinese military intends to train in delivering missile strikes on the Naval the fleet USA. To do this, China built a missile target in the shape of a US Ford-class aircraft carrier in the center of the country, in the Takla Makan desert.
This information was published by the USNI News portal, owned by the US Naval Institute, with reference to data from space images provided by the American company Maxar Technologies.
Next to the "aircraft carrier" in the desert is an imitation of an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, also made in full size.
The "ships" of the US Navy, the Chinese military placed near the range, where the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) conducts rocket firing. In particular, early versions of DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles were tested there.
The photographs show that the mock-ups are built without excessive detail, although their external contours are completely identical to the outlines of the warships they imitate. At the same time, high masts can be seen, probably to accommodate measuring instruments.
The idea of building dummies of American aircraft carriers to practice strikes is not new. Previously, the Iranian military created something similar in the Persian Gulf. The Americans themselves are actively using prototyping technologies, including layouts of Chinese and Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
- https://www.facebook.com/USNavyAircraftCarriers/, Maxar Technologies, https://news.usni.org/
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