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a)
It was painful to search & collect the silo positions in the recent years
Since then I shared them many times
It was of help to study open CIA documents for the Chinese silos
They are from the 70ties and they include coordinates (not very precisely) & description
a)
It was painful to search & collect the silo positions in the recent years
Since then I shared them many times
It was of help to study open CIA documents for the Chinese silos
They are from the 70ties and they include coordinates (not very precisely) & description
b)
Considering what the CIA already have found 50 years ago, the enormous concealment effort at these structures seems to be questionable to me.
For "guys like us" they are a pain in the ass and really challenge you.
Considering what the CIA already have found 50 years ago, the enormous concealment effort at these structures seems to be questionable to me.
For "guys like us" they are a pain in the ass and really challenge you.
c)
The site layout follow a similar pattern. A huge but very well concealed silo with an enormous lid. All covered by slabs with planting and sometimes even some small dummy huts on it. The silos have a well camouflaged access road.
The site layout follow a similar pattern. A huge but very well concealed silo with an enormous lid. All covered by slabs with planting and sometimes even some small dummy huts on it. The silos have a well camouflaged access road.
d)
Not far away there are small buildings which the CIA sometimes described as "compressor buildings" and a support site which resembles a small unimpressive estate or settlement.
Not far away there are small buildings which the CIA sometimes described as "compressor buildings" and a support site which resembles a small unimpressive estate or settlement.
e)
The three DF-5 BGDs have 6 silos each and structured into 3 battalions with 2 companies each, each controlling one missile.
Here are "my" DF-5 silo sites.
I chose the images in the google history layer on which you can see the silos best.
The three DF-5 BGDs have 6 silos each and structured into 3 battalions with 2 companies each, each controlling one missile.
Here are "my" DF-5 silo sites.
I chose the images in the google history layer on which you can see the silos best.
f)
It is worth playing with the history layer to see the concealment effort.
Squares are marking support sites and circles the silo site itself.
It is worth playing with the history layer to see the concealment effort.
Squares are marking support sites and circles the silo site itself.
631 BGD / 1
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661 BGD / 13
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