Satellite captures China 'building 100 missile silos' in desert fuelling nuclear fears
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dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!China has started building more than 100 nuclear missile silos, experts have claimed.Satellite images are said to have captured 119 silos being constructed in the desert near Yumen - more than 1,300 miles west of capital Beijing.
The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in California, which obtained the commercial images, said the identical structures resemble existing silos designed to launch China's nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, according to The Washington Post.
The Communist nation is thought to have about 300 nuclear weapons - a relatively low number when compared to other superpowers.
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