Overview
- More than 60% of the identified Rocket Force and defense-production sites have undergone substantial expansion since 2020.
- Total new construction spans roughly 2 million square meters, including factory towers, bunkers, test centers and outdoor component storage.
- Imagery indicates villages and farmland converted into military complexes, with some facilities located near residential areas.
- Experts say the added capacity could support anti-access and area-denial operations intended to complicate U.S. support to Taiwan.
- U.S. missile-defense inventories are pressured, with about a quarter of THAAD interceptors used and a $2 billion order placed to increase production despite high costs and lengthy build times.