Thread by @DrEricDing

“The [nuclear missile] silo construction at Yumen and Hami constitutes the most significant expansion of the Chinese nuclear arsenal ever,” says ⁦@mattkorda⁩ of ⁦@FAScientists, author of the ☢️ silo satellite analysis⁩. This is worrisome. nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/…

2) Satellite images reveal that China is building a second nuclear missile silo field. The discovery follows the report earlier this month that China appears to be constructing 120 missile silos, says @mattkorda @nukestrat

fas.org/blogs/security…

3) People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) appears to have approximately 250 silos under construction – **more than 10 times the number of ICBM silos** in operation today.

Seriously. This is not normal! Ht @mattkorda who spotted it first. Project of @FAScientists

4) let this sink in — “The number of new Chinese silos under construction exceeds the number of silo-based ICBMs operated by Russia, and constitutes more than half of the size of the entire US ICBM force.”

5) “The Chinese missile silo program constitutes the most extensive silo construction since the US and Soviet missile silo construction during the Cold War.” Wow. 👀 Good research spotting this via satellite 🛰 images @mattkorda @nukestrat, both of @FAScientists