Xinjiang laser facility
Washington Free Beacon: Satellite Photos Show Chinese Anti-Satellite Laser Base
Images also reveal work on EMP and electronic warfare weaponry.
Commercial satellite images have provided the first photographs of a secret Chinese anti-satellite laser base in western Xinjiang province, along with other high-technology weapons facilities.
The laser facility is located near a lake and is about 145 miles south of the Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang.
The facility was discovered by retired Indian Army Col. Vinayak Bhat, a satellite imagery analyst who specializes on China.
China is using its satellite tracking stations located throughout the country as a means of identifying and targeting satellites.
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WNU Editor: Land based anti-satellite laser systems have not lived-up to the hype that they are able to knock out low-orbit satellites. Then again .... maybe the Chinese have discovered something that will make it work?
