Map: the PLA Rocket Force and the Chinese Rail system - one of the reasons (surely not the only one) that China has fewer units in the west is the transportation network. pic.twitter.com/xqjeFWV9AF

— Peter Wood (@PeterWood_PDW) September 8, 2020

also not to read too much into it but the nuclear storage base at Taibai (Base 67) is located near what seems to be one of the more important rail forks in the whole country - the east-west network splits to the NW and SW in the same county. Makes a lot of sense. pic.twitter.com/qUO45M6f4v

— Peter Wood (@PeterWood_PDW) September 8, 2020

Map: China's strategic missile forces and population density 1/ pic.twitter.com/w72hJZ2Yyp

— Peter Wood (@PeterWood_PDW) September 8, 2020