China is building launchpads near its nuclear missile silos
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China is undertaking extensive construction projects to develop launchpads near its nuclear missile silos, indicating a major expansion of hardened infrastructure to improve protection and operational capacity of its land-based nuclear forces.
The scale of the construction points to a sweeping expansion of hardened infrastructure designed to protect and operate China's land-based nuclear forces.
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