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BEIJING APPEARS TO BE BUILDING UP ITS NUCLEAR ARSENAL… AS CHINA IS CONSTRUCTING A MASSIVE NEW NUCLEAR FUSION RESEARCH CENTER IN THE SOUTHWEST CITY OF MIANYANG IN AN EFFORT TO RAMP UP PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND UNLEASH NEW CLEAN ENERGY.

THAT’S ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM REUTERS TUESDAY AFTER SATELLITE PHOTOS REVEALING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPRAWLING FACILITY WERE SHARED WITH THEM.

A U-S RESEARCH ANALYST SAYS THE PICTURES SHOW FOUR OUTLYING “ARMS” WHERE HYDROGEN ISOTOPES WILL BE FUSED TOGETHER WITH ULTRA-POWERFUL LASERS TO PRODUCE NUCLEAR ENERGY.

RESEARCHERS SAY ITS LAYOUT IS SIMILAR TO THE MULTIBILLION DOLLAR U-S NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IN 2022 REPORTEDLY CREATED MORE ENERGY FROM A FUSION REACTION THAN WAS PUMPED INTO THE TARGET FROM POWERFUL LASERS.

THE PHENOMENOM IS KNOWN AS “SCIENTIFIC BREAKEVEN.”

THE NEW CHINESE FACILITY SPORTS AN EXPERIMENT BAY THAT’S ABOUT 50 PERCENT BIGGER THAN THE ONE AT N-I-F, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE WORLD’S LARGEST, ACCORDING TO ANALYSTS WHO VIEWED THE SATELLITE PHOTOS.

ANALYSTS SAY THEY’RE CONFIDENT ANY WORLD POWER WITH “AN N-I-F-TYPE FACILITY” WILL LIKELY BE USING IT TO IMPROVE CURRENT NUCLEAR WEAPON DESIGNS AND BREAK GROUND ON “FUTURE BOMB DESIGNS WITHOUT TESTING.”

NEITHER CHINA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY NOR THE COUNTRY’S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTRY HAVE RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NUCLEAR FACILITY.

A U-S INTELLIGENCE ENVOY DID RELEASE SATELLITE IMAGES IN 2020 SHOWING A CLEARED OUT PLOT OF LAND WHERE THE NEW CHINESE FACILITY KNOWN AS THE LASER FUSION MAJOR DEVICE LABORATORY WILL BE, NOTING IN ITS REPORT THE AREA WILL LIKELY HOUSE CHINESE NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPORT CENTERS.

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