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China has built a replica of a US destroyer at a remote missile-testing site in its north-western desert, according to recent satellite imagery. Analysts believe the target could be used to test anti-ship weapons. Satellite images show a structure resembling a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in the Taklamakan Desert in far-western Xinjiang, visible since at least June. The feature was first identified by Joseph Wu, co-founder of the Taiwan Defense Studies Initiative. The replica appears to be the latest in a series of mock US Navy warships that China has built in the desert over the past five…
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