Second Chinese nuclear missile silo field found in Xinjiang

China could be building its second-largest nuclear missile silo field near Hami in eastern Xinjiang, a new report by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) suggests.

A new report by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) shows that China could be building its second-largest nuclear missile silo field near Hami in eastern Xinjiang. Although the work on this site began recently, based on commercial satellite imagery, FAS estimates that the facility could “eventually include approximately 110 silos”. This comes in the backdrop of a June 30 report from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies which showed the first new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) silo field at Yumen in Gansu province could have 120 under-construction silos. An 800 square kilometer grid of roads being filled in with silos and support facilities. Construction started early this year. https://t.co/5SVrV0iThj pic.twitter.com/FzdDzmLQzn How to deal with this? Some will argue we need more nukes. Others that we need more arms control. More nukes are unlikely to fix this and might even make it worse. Arms control is a challenge, not least because China shows little interest. https://t.co/5SVrV0iThj pic.twitter.com/x5Foey1UdD The Hami & Yumen missile silo fields are located deeper inside the Chinese landmass than any other ICBM base, potentially to be out of reach of U.S. conventional cruise missiles. This will make them targets exclusively for nuclear missiles, mainly Trident. https://t.co/5SVrV0iThj pic.twitter.com/jfyc12TvDB Hami is 380km northwest of the Yumen missile silo field.