Industry Odisha Bureau, May 30: Amid the ongoing geopolitical volatility, and also believed to be China’s apprehension of any unexpected first strike on its nuclear arsenal from the US side, the incumbent leadership of the People’s Republic of China is reportedly building a sprawling web of launch pads, bunkers and communication nodes near its isolated nuclear missile silos claimed to be storing China’s longest-range nuclear missiles that are capable of targeting any city in the United States of America (USA).
Such a shocking and stealthy development reportedly being executed by China has been captured by satellite images. Those images have now reportedly brought China’s secret nuclear build-up under scrutiny, especially by the incumbent US administration headed by President Donald Trump who had visited China recently and had also held high-level summit with his Chinese counterpart XI Jinping.
In this context, Xi reportedly warned Trump against “mishandling China’s disagreements over Taiwan” as China still claims Taiwan as its territory, while Taiwan’s government has been outrightly rejecting the sovereignty claims of China.
Citing it to be “intelligence-related matters”, US Department of Defense (now called War) headquarter Pentagon is reportedly tighlipped over it and reportedly not making any official comments on China’s development.
As reported by NBC News, “The new and massive military infrastructure in a remote Chinese desert is centered on two octagon-shaped installations built over the past six years in eastern Xinjiang. Both are southwest of the Hami nuclear silo fields — one is about 140 kilometers away, the other some 230 kilometers.”
Besides, the satellite images show “the octagon structures contain housing for personnel and large military vehicles. They are flanked by armored bunkers and fortified weapons-storage areas, as well as airfields and railheads that link the octagons to the Hami silos.”
Notably, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), as reported by NBC News, “displayed nuclear-capable weapons during a parade in Beijing last September to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. These included silo-based and truck-mounted intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).”
