<p>Communist China has constructed full-scale sized mockups of major U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, to use at a new target range complex as tensions between the U.S. and China continue to rise amid geopolitical issues in the South China Sea and responsibility for the coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>&#8220;The full-scale outline of a U.S. carrier and at least two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are part of the target range that has been built in the Ruoqiang region in central China. The site is near a former target range China used to test early versions of its so-called carrier killer DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles,&#8221; The U.S. Naval Institute <a href="https://news.usni.org/2021/11/07/china-builds-missile-targets-shaped-like-u-s-aircraft-carrier-destroyers-in-remote-desert">reported</a>. &#8220;This new range shows that China continues to focus on anti-carrier capabilities, with an emphasis on U.S. Navy warships. Unlike the Iranian Navy’s aircraft carrier-shaped target in the Persian Gulf, the new facility shows signs of a sophisticated instrumented target range.&#8221;</p>
<p>An analysis from AllSource Analysis said that the following about the satellite photos from Maxar images:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The mockups of several probable U.S. warships, along with other warships (mounted on rails and mobile), could simulate targets related to seeking/target acquisition testing. This, and the extensive detail of the mockups, including the placement of multiple sensors on and around the vessel targets, it is probable that this area is intended for multiple uses over time.</em></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">China Builds Missile Targets Shaped Like U.S. Aircraft Carrier, Destroyers in Remote Desert &#8211; USNI News</p>
<p>Satellite image: <a href="https://twitter.com/Maxar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Maxar</a><a href="https://t.co/TM9rnTYqox">https://t.co/TM9rnTYqox</a> <a href="https://t.co/5snxpZWJ4z">pic.twitter.com/5snxpZWJ4z</a></p>
<p>&mdash; USNI News (@USNINews) <a href="https://twitter.com/USNINews/status/1457381578619953161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The most recent Department of Defense report on China&#8217;s military capabilities included some of the following <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2021/Nov/03/2002885874/-1/-1/0/2021-CMPR-FINAL.PDF">tidbits</a> on weapons systems that the Chinese possess that could be used to target U.S. warships:</p>
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<li>People&#8217;s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) conventionally armed CSS-5 Mod 5 (DF-21D) ASBM variant gives the PLA the capability to conduct longrange precision strikes against ships, including aircraft carriers, out to the Western Pacific from mainland China. The DF-21D has a range exceeding 1,500 km, is fitted with a maneuverable reentry vehicle (MaRV), and is reportedly capable of rapidly reloading in the field. The PLARF continues to grow its inventory of DF-26 IRBMs, which it first revealed in 2015 and fielded in 2016. The multi-role DF-26 is designed to rapidly swap conventional and nuclear warheads and is capable of conducting precision land-attack and anti-ship strikes in the Western Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea from mainland China. In 2020, the PRC fired anti-ship ballistic missiles against a moving target in the South China Sea , but has not acknowledged doing so.</li>
<li>Since early 2018, PRC-occupied Spratly Island outposts have been equipped with advanced anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems and military jamming equipment, marking the most capable land-based weapons systems deployed by any claimant in the disputed South China Sea to date.</li>
<li>The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and PLAN Aviation together constitute the largest aviation force in the region and the third largest in the world, with over 2,800 total aircraft (not including trainer variants or UAVs) of which approximately 2,250 are combat aircraft (including fighters, strategic bombers, tactical bombers, multi-mission tactical, and attack aircraft).In October 2019, the PRC signaled the return of the airborne leg of its nuclear triad after the PLAAF publicly revealed the H-6N as its first nuclear-capable air-to-air refuelable bomber.</li>
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<p>When asked about the matter on Monday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/2837897/pentagon-press-secretary-john-f-kirby-holds-a-press-briefing/">said</a> that &#8220;it&#8217;s been pretty, fairly obvious&#8221; that the U.S. is concerned about what China is doing.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think makes it very clear what our understanding of their intentions are, and their capabilities are. And how they&#8217;re developing those capabilities and to what ends,&#8221; Kirby said. &#8220;And clearly, they have invested a lot and particularly air and maritime capabilities that are designed largely to try to prevent the United States from having access to certain areas in the Indo-Pacific.&#8221;</p>

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