What did Google Earth spot in the Ch1n3s3 desert?

[1Worldwatcher]

Ran into this interesting and thought provoking article, figured it belonged here in the "Geo-engineering" Discussions.
SO, "What do you think this is?"

Thomson, a former CIA analyst, was recently using Google Earth while searching for an orbital tracking site in southwestern China when he spotted something strange constructed in the middle of the Kashgar desert.

"I haven't the faintest clue what it might be," Thomson wrote in an email to Wired. "But it's extensive, the structures are pretty big and funny-looking, and it went up in what I'd call an incredible hurry."

Thomson, who served in the CIA from 1972 to 1985, "has made something of a second career finding odd stuff in public satellite imagery," according to Wired.

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Military base under ground? China planning other worldly expeditions? Underground cities for disasters? Very mind boggling for sure. 

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1WW

[rdunk]

Hey 1WW, that is preeeeety interesting. However, at this resolution, even magnified, one still can"t see much specific. I would guess there are some in high places and in low places that know most everything there is to know about it, doncha think?

The have worked over a lot of ground out there, and seem to still be working on a lot more, so  this is no small effort. Hopefully someone can come along, and let the rest of us know what is happening out there.

You can see the roads where they are driving stuff all over the place, even in areas above what seems to be the more primary areas of this photo.

By the way, the photo in the link gives an even more broad depiction of the area!