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China Is Fortifying Its Nuclear Arsenal
May 29, 2026 at 9:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 28 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/29/china-is-fortifying-its-nuclear-arsenal/
Reuters: In a remote Chinese desert, a vast military complex is taking shape that some security scholars say appears built to ensure no American first strike on Chinas nuclear arsenal could reliably knock out Beijings ability to hit back.
Chinas nuclear missiles can already reach any city in the United States. Now, satellite images reviewed by Reuters show Beijing is building a sprawling web of launch pads, bunkers and communications nodes near the isolated nuclear silos that hold the Chinese militarys longest-range missiles.
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China Is Fortifying Its Nuclear Arsenal (Original Post)
applegrove
16 hrs ago
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no_hypocrisy
(55,487 posts)1. While Trump's attention is turned toward Iran re. nuclear weapons,
China is enhancing its stockpile.
Stable Genius at work, again.
Lovie777
(23,891 posts)2. And still supports Iran....................
KPN
(17,535 posts)3. Frankly, I don't blame China for doing so given
the shitshow we have going on in this country right now. We are probably viewed as the worlds greatest threat by quite a few, if not most countries right now.