As arms agreements fray, China secretly expands its nuclear weapons infrastructure | CNN
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When three villagers from China’s Sichuan province wrote to local officials in 2022 asking why the government was confiscating their land and evicting them from their homes, they received a terse reply: It was a “state secret.”

According to a CNN report, China is expanding infrastructure in Sichuan Province. The report cites documents detailing the eviction of villagers and the seizure of their land, as well as satellite images from Vantor (formerly Maxar Technologies) and Airbus, showing changes in the landscape over the past five years. Large-scale construction is underway on the sites of old villages, with buildings associated with the nuclear weapons complex appearing. Research institutes located near Zitong County are also expanding.

Facility 906 near the Tongjiang River stands out, with a new reinforced dome constructed. According to experts interviewed, the combination of changes (the addition of radiation monitoring systems, ventilation, enhanced security, and a tunnel) may indicate work with highly radioactive materials.

The publication is necessary to confirm recent US claims regarding China’s nuclear tests in 2020 and the expansion of its nuclear arsenal. Apart from the statements of experts working for US government-funded NGOs, there is no evidence linking the buildings to China’s nuclear program.

CNN previously reported on Donald Trump’s planned trip to China in May, where he intends to begin discussions on a possible agreement to limit China’s nuclear program.

  • Maeve @lemmygrad.ml
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    3 months ago

    where he intends to begin discussions on a possible agreement to limit China’s nuclear program.

    🤨

    • Comprehensive49@lemmygrad.ml
      1·
      3 months ago

      Fuck him. China had around ~600 nuclear weapons, while the US has 5177. It is about time China increased its nuclear weapons count to at least match, but ideally double or triple. As I have written before, China needs the ability to fire 3-4 nuclear warheads to match the deaths from each one US warhead, due to China’s much higher population density.

      Also, Japan is a nuclear threshold state just like Iran, with enough plutonium to immediately build 5500 warheads. China cannot be outmatched by both the USA and historic war-criminal Japan.