Tag: craters

Satellite images show apparent mock-ups of US fifth-gen fighter jets and a runway with blast marks and craters in a Chinese desert

China built mock-ups of US aircraft out in the Taklamakan Desert, satellite images show. Apparent blast marks and craters suggest China may be using the area for target practice. China has previously built mock-ups of US warships and carriers, likely for similar purposes. Satellite images show what appear to be mock-ups of fifth-generation US aircraft, […]

Mystery of Siberia’s giant exploding craters may finally be solved

Eight giant, 160-foot-deep (50 meters) craters in the Siberian permafrost have baffled scientists since their discovery more than a decade ago — but a new theory may finally explain how they formed. The craters are unique to Russia’s northern Yamal and Gydan peninsulas and are not known to exist elsewhere in the Arctic, suggesting the […]