Strange picture, but where is it and what is it?

geetrue · 12-07-11, 08:55 PM

I forgot where I just saw this, but what do you think it is?

I'll give you a clue it is 3,000 feet wide, several miles long, it is in the desert and it is man made ...

Sailor Steve · 12-07-11, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by geetrue

I forgot where I just saw this,

You saw it in a thread posted here not long ago.

TLAM Strike · 12-07-11, 09:06 PM

Its in the Gobi desert in the PRC.

Some thing for calibrating their photo recon birds IIRC.

Skybird · 12-07-11, 09:10 PM

One theory is that the Chinese have rebuilt the streetgrid of target cities in the desert to run military excercises on them. Or targetting practice for drones, missiles - anything like that.

I saw a photo not long ago about these Chinese desert diagrams, where they had rebuild the streetgrid of Manhattan that way.

Kongo Otto · 12-08-11, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Its in the Gobi desert in the PRC.

Some thing for calibrating their photo recon birds IIRC.

More possible its for calibrating spy satellites than recon birds.

Jimbuna · 12-08-11, 04:03 AM

You'll find that picture and a few more here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...e-targets.html

Platapus · 12-08-11, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Its in the Gobi desert in the PRC.

Some thing for calibrating their photo recon birds IIRC.

Artillery/rocket test range. Used to test their guided artillery and rocket sensors. Specifically road and intersection discrimination.

August · 12-08-11, 06:40 PM

"My best guess would be time travel"

Jimbuna · 12-08-11, 07:53 PM

I'll hang my hat on #6

12-07-11, 08:55 PM	#1
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Strange picture, but where is it and what is it? I forgot where I just saw this, but what do you think it is? I'll give you a clue it is 3,000 feet wide, several miles long, it is in the desert and it is man made ... __________________

12-07-11, 09:06 PM	#3
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Its in the Gobi desert in the PRC. Some thing for calibrating their photo recon birds IIRC. __________________

12-07-11, 09:10 PM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	One theory is that the Chinese have rebuilt the streetgrid of target cities in the desert to run military excercises on them. Or targetting practice for drones, missiles - anything like that. I saw a photo not long ago about these Chinese desert diagrams, where they had rebuild the streetgrid of Manhattan that way. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

12-08-11, 06:40 PM	#8
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"My best guess would be time travel" __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

12-08-11, 07:53 PM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'll hang my hat on #6 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-08-11, 04:03 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You'll find that picture and a few more here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...e-targets.html __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!