New satellite images reveal mock-ups of U.S. naval vessels in a desert in western China. The structures, designed to appear as an American aircraft carrier and destroyers, are likely intended to be used as targets in military training. The images were captured by Maxar Technologies, a Colorado-based imaging company. They were taken via satellite over the Ruoqiang area of the Taklamakan desert, an obscure region in China’s westernmost Xinjiang region. A release by the U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) said that the area the targets were photographed at was previously used for missile testing, including tests of China’s so-called “carrier killer” missile, the DF-21D, back in 2013. “This new range shows that China continues to focus on anti-carrier capabilities, with an emphasis on U.S. Navy warships,” USNI said. Iran has used mock U.S. vessels before, including an incident in which it exploded a mock U.S. aircraft carrier during military drills in the …