Satellite images show increased activity at nuclear test sites in Russia, China and US
- Recent satellite imagery reveals that Russia, the United States, and China have all made significant expansions to their nuclear test sites, indicating a high level of investment in modernizing their nuclear arsenals.
- These expansions include the construction of new facilities and the digging of new tunnels, suggesting that all three countries are preparing for potential nuclear tests in the future.
- Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton reviewed the images and concluded that all three countries have not only focused on modernization but also on the necessary activities required for a nuclear test.
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China and the US have increased activity at nuclear test sites
In recent years, China, the United States and Russia have built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites. This is evidenced by satellite images, writes CNN. It is clarified that the photographs show the Chinese test site in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Russian test site in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, and the US test site in Nevada. According to the channel, this activity took place at the same time when ten…
Satellite images that reveal increased activity at nuclear test sites in Russia, the US and China
WASHINGTON.- The United States, Russia and China may have launched a new race to modernize their atomic arsenal. This is the fear that arises from a series of satellite images of American, Russian and Chinese sites from the last 3 to 5 years, published exclusively by CNN at a time when tension between the three major nuclear powers is at its highest levels. The photos show the presence of new constructions and new tunnels in the nuclear faciliti…
US, Russia and China have expanded atomic test sites: CNN publishes satellite photos that prove it
In the exclusive images you can see new buildings and new tunnels that have appeared in the last five years. These are the American nuclear base in Nevada, the Russian one in Novaya Zemlya and the Chinese one in Lop Nur
Satellite images show Russia, China and US 'increasing activity at nuclear sites
The expansion of Russia’s Novaya Zemlya over the past two years (Picture: Planet Labs/Middlebury Institute of International Studies) Russia, China and the US have all expanded their nuclear test sites in recent years by building new storage facilities and digging underground tunnels. The structural developments at three locations were evident in satellite images taken by a prominent analyst in military nonproliferation studies. The sites are sho…
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