China Expands Lop Nur Desert Base to Accelerate Stealth Jet Development

What China’s Lop Nur desert base expansion means for PLA stealth jets in race with US

China is rapidly expanding a flight-test facility deep in its western desert, satellite imagery has revealed, a push that analysts say could help fast track the development of its next-generation military aircraft as air-power rivalry with the United States intensifies. Latest satellite photos of the facility near Lop Nur, in China’s western Xinjiang region, show four large new hangars, new taxiway work, a circular pad believed to be an engine-run or turnaround area, and possible fuel-storage...

By Gabriel Dominguez