China has built a new US destroyer replica at a remote missile-testing site in its northwestern desert, satellite imagery shows, a target analysts say 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 since at least June. The feature was first identified by Joseph Wu, co-founder of the Taiwan Defense Studies Initiative. China’s Defense Ministry didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, and there was no reply to a request sent after business hours to the US Department of Defense. The replica appears to be the latest in a series of mock US Navy warships China has built in the desert over the past five years.

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