Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Until I read this...
Until today I believed that China was an economic adversary that had already defeated us economically, but I didn't think China was a military threat.
Now I've changed my mind.
They're ready. We're not. ¶ 3:36 PM
Now I've changed my mind.
The Chinese Army is believed to have built an underground "Great Wall" that stretches for more than 5,000 km in the Hebei region of northern China. Citing the People's Liberation Army's official newsletter, [a Hong Kong newspaper] said China's strategic missile squadron, the Second Artillery Division, built a massive underground tunnel to conceal nuclear weapons, including the Dongfeng 5 intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 13,000 km.
Since 1995, the Second Artillery Division has mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers to build a network of tunnels stretching for more than 5,000 km below the mountain regions of Hebei. "A missile base has been built hundreds of meters underground and can withstand several nuclear attacks. People refer to the network of tunnels connecting to the missile base as the 'Underground Great Wall.'"
The purpose of the secretly constructed underground Great Wall is to give China a second chance after a nuclear attack, military experts said. [It is] unprecedented for the PLA's newsletter to reveal classified information about the tunnels; this demonstrates Beijing's confidence in its military power.
They're ready. We're not. ¶ 3:36 PM
