Jan 31, 2025 - World

China builds nuke-resistant bunker

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Children ride tank-styled snow carts on artificial snow at a park in Beijing yesterday, on the second day of Lunar New Year. Photo: Aaron Favila/AP

China's military is building a massive complex in western Beijing that would be the world's largest military command center — at least 10 times the size of the Pentagon, the Financial Times reports.

Why it matters: The 1,500-acre construction site has "deep holes that military experts assess will house large, hardened bunkers to protect Chinese military leaders during any conflict — including potentially a nuclear war," per the FT.

Major construction started in mid-2024. Some intelligence analysts are calling the project "Beijing Military City."
"Chinese leaders may judge that the new facility will enable greater security against U.S. 'bunker buster' munitions, and even against nuclear weapons," a former senior U.S. intelligence official told the FT.

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