Get the free China Uncensored weekly newsletter https://chinauncensored.substack.com Operation Honey Pot: Paste this emoji 🍯 in your comment below. New satellite imagery has revealed a massive new Chinese military complex surrounding key nuclear missile fields in Xinjiang. The CCP is building an unprecedented network of launch sites, command facilities, and defensive infrastructure designed to ensure its nuclear forces survive any first strike. What does this mean for Taiwan, the United States, and the future of deterrence?
China just took away America's first strike capability.
Welcome to China Uncensored, I'm Chris Chappell.
We've known for a long time that China is building up its nuclear arsenal at a mind-boggling pace.
On track to have a thousand nuclear missiles by 2030.
Many of these nukes are ICBMs located in missile silos like this one
in the Hami silo field in Xinjiang.
You know where the CCP is definitely, totally 100%
not committing genocide against the Uyghurs.
Ignore these pictures your lying eyes are seeing.
All of these nuclear ICBMs can reach the United States.
But nukes are not all China's building in Xinjiang.
They've also got these octagons.
And these little squares.
Tons of them.
What is all this?
You are looking at a massive defense network for the nuclear missile silos,
designed to make sure that no first strike can possibly destroy
China's ability to strike back and decimate their enemies.
But I mean, don't worry, it's not like we just established
the CCP has a monstrous indifference to human suffering.
Keep ignoring those lying eyes.
This is a huge deal.
We're talking about infrastructure spanning thousands of square kilometers.
We've never seen a missile defense network quite like this before.
It's organized for maximum flexibility.
The octagons include central buildings, probably for command,
surrounded by buildings that house military personnel,
possible storage for military vehicles, including launchers,
and more buildings for unknown purposes.
I assume they're not storing lollipops for surprise parties.
Not to mention temporary structures and even more military vehicles.
Also, I wouldn't be surprised if it was an octagon,
because the US has a pentagon and China's gloating that they have three more sides.
That's right, a geometry joke.
I know what you come here for.
This whole thing is organized into cells
that allow soldiers to quickly mobilize,
get to equipment, and drive that equipment wherever it needs to go.
For example, the rail station, the airfield,
or any of the 80 launch pads surrounding the base.
They may as well call this planes, trains, and automobiles of murder.
What kind of equipment could they take to all of those launch pads, you ask?
Maybe mobile missile launchers and air defense batteries.
Possibly also electronic warfare.
And satellite communications and command operations.
All of it is ready to defend exactly where it's needed in a matter of minutes.
Of course, it would seem that not all of the construction is going entirely according to plan.
Somewhere along the line, the third octagon,
which is just south of the Lop Nur nuclear test facilities,
ended up being turned into a target range,
with what appears to be mock Western aircraft and a damaged building.
Yes, they're doing target practice on pretend Western aircrafts.
This is the most expensive version in history
of putting a picture of the person you don't like on a punching bag.
But even with just two of these octagon bases and the connected web of launch pads,
there's plenty to be worried about.
This is the kind of infrastructure that sets China apart from other major nuclear powers.
While the US and Russia rely on a massive quantity of relatively isolated silos
and hardened construction to deter nuclear first strikes,
China is building missile sites and missiles to protect its nuclear missiles on a massive scale.
Which just goes to show how invested China is in its missiles,
instead of its infrastructure, which looks like it was hit by a missile.
There are still a lot of unknowns about the bases.
For example, we don't know what exact weapons China will deploy at the launch pads,
and whether the octagon structures house truck-mounted ballistic missiles
or facilities for fitting nuclear warheads.
Or heck, maybe they are storing lollipops for surprise parties.
And the surprise is, they're poisoned.
But one thing is certain.
These quote-unquote missile defense systems are not defensive in nature,
as the CCP would have the world believe.
This is a country actively threatening to plunge the whole world into war
over an invasion of Taiwan.
This would be like Thanos saying he just wants the Infinity Stones for self-defense.
To that end, China is actively building the infrastructure necessary
for a massive war on two fronts,
both domestically and beyond its borders in the east, as well as the west.
If China's building so much missile defense,
then it must mean that China's preparing for a major backlash after it starts a conflict.
Kind of like a kid taking karate lessons before bringing a bagpipe to school.
You know what they're planning ain't going to be popular.
Meanwhile, the CCP complains about Japan's shift towards militarization.
How dare they try to protect themselves from the CCP!
So don't let China gaslight you into thinking that China's preparing for war
simply because the US and Japan are provoking China.
It's like a grizzly bear saying it only ate the salmon
because the fish attacked it by jumping into its paw and getting swiped into its mouth.
The US and Japan would only attack China if it does something stupid first.
And if that happens, well, it won't be fun for anyone.
Which is all the more reason why the US and the rest of the world
should deter China from even thinking about conducting the first strike,
since they're obviously considering it,
given their planes, trains, and automobiles of murder.
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Once again, I'm Chris Chappell.
Thanks for watching.