Satellite images expose China's nuclear push, show Beijing building silos to hold over 100 ICMBs in Gobi desert

The location of the construction site is along the once strategic Silk Road in an area that houses 1,70,000 people.

Over a year after Chinese forces clashed with the Indian Army in Eastern Ladakh, a new report hints at Beijing's quiet push toward bolstering its nuclear arsenal. China has reportedly begun the construction of over 100 silos to hold Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) in a desert near the northwestern city of Yumen. The construction signals a major expansion in the nuclear capabilities of Beijing, which already has a stockpile of 250 to 350 nuclear weapons.