China has rapidly increased its missile production over the past five years.. Satellites have recorded a large-scale expansion of rocket factories, the American television channel CNN reported.

According to a new analysis based on satellite imagery, maps and? government documents, from 2020. the country has significantly expanded dozens of missile-related facilities.

More than 60% of the 136 known sites related to the Chinese missile force showed signs of active construction or modernization.

We are talking about factories, research and testing centers, which have collectively increased their area by more than 2 million square meters between 2020 and 2025.

The images show new towers, bunkers and embankments, and sometimes even parts of missiles.

CNN examined 99 missile-related facilities in China and found that 65 of them have expanded due to construction sites. Also, expansion over the past five years has been recorded at 22 of 37 Chinese military bases..

For example, in Beijing, one of the factories, which has expanded by almost 50% since 2020, produces the famous DF-26 (Dongfeng) medium-range ballistic missile, which defense experts call the “Guam Killer.”.

The missile is capable of changing its trajectory during flight, which makes it difficult to intercept and can reach the American Andersen base on the island of Guam.

Journalists note that China is expanding its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than any other country, increasing it by about 100 new warheads every year from 2023.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), China's total number of nuclear warheads still lags far behind the United States and Russia, which account for 90% of the world's arsenal..

CNN analysis shows that missile production in China has increased sharply, in particular after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Satellite imagery shows the rate of facility expansion has doubled during 2022-23.

See photo gallery: China has increased its missile production area and overtaken the United States - CNN As already written, the third Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian began its first sea trials on the high seas.

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