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Unprecedented satellite imagery exposes China's massive $26B nuclear silo expansion and mysterious octagonal bases in Xinjiang. Inside the desert buildup.

For most of the last decade, Pakistan-China engagement was defined in terms of highways, energy infrastructure, ports, and the broader CPEC-based infrastructure projects, all of which revolutionized ...

China seems to be building a vast complex of sprawling launchpads, bunkers, and communication nodes near a collection of remote nuclear silos in Xinjiang.

More than 80 pads have already been constructed in the middle of the desert in Xinjiang autonomous province, home to the Uyghur muslim community.

The latest Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi signalled a clear shift in the grouping’s trajectory toward a more practical, resilient, and carefully c ...

The defense secretary touted better relations with Beijing, but critics said the administration is neglecting Asian allies’ ...

In a remote Chinese desert, a vast military complex is taking shape that some security scholars say appears built to ensure ...

Satellite images reviewed by Reuters show Beijing is building a sprawling web of launch pads, bunkers and communications ...

Credit: State Emergency Service of Ukraine On the night of May 23-24, Kyiv lived through total terror. Russia launched 600 drones and 90 missiles against the Ukrainian capital in a single overnight ...

The new space race is no longer science fiction — and China is moving fast to challenge NASA for the next giant leap. As ...