see url:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/politics/china-nuclear-weapons.html
see full story...Amazing how through all this political, economic and
environmental turmoil, we are going through, the great nation states are
apportioning plenty of resources to creating Armageddon! The question
is, is oblivion better if it happens sooner than later...personally, it
would be nice if it didn't happen at all, but try telling that to a
politician...đ
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Is China scrapping its âminimum deterrentâ strategy and joining an arms
race? Or is it looking to create a negotiating card, in case it is drawn
into arms control negotiations?
In the barren desert 1,200 miles west of Beijing, the Chinese government
is digging a new field of what appears to be 110 silos for launching
nuclear missiles. It is the second such field discovered by analysts
studying commercial satellite images in recent weeks.
It may signify a vast expansion of Chinaâs nuclear arsenal â the
cravings of an economic and technological superpower to show that, after
decades of restraint, it is ready to wield an arsenal the size of
Washingtonâs, or Moscowâs.
Or, it may simply be a creative, if costly, negotiating ploy.
The new silos are clearly being built to be discovered. The most recent
silo field, on which construction began in March, is in the eastern part
of the Xinjiang region, not far from one of Chinaâs notorious
âre-educationâ camps in the city of Hami. It was identified late last
week by nuclear experts at the Federation of American Scientists, using
images from a fleet of Planet Labs satellites, and shared with The New
York Times.
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