Is China preparing for nuclear testing? This apprehension is being raised after some satellite pictures surfaced.
In these photos published in the New York Times, activities are seen taking place at the Lop Nar Nuclear Test Facility located in Xinjiang, China.
These pictures are clearly indicating that China may conduct nuclear tests very soon. On the basis of these nuclear tests, China is trying to make itself stronger.
Let us tell you that if China takes steps towards nuclear testing, it will definitely have an impact on the Asian subcontinent. There will be a possibility of ups and downs in China’s relations with other countries including America. Although China has denied these things.
Impact on relations with America?
This step of China appears to be an attempt to give more capability to the nuclear warheads installed on new generation ballistic and cruise missiles.
The New York Times’ analysis is based on evidence provided by Dr. Renée Babiarz, a leading international geospatial intelligence expert.
Dr. Babiarz is a former Pentagon analyst. He spent several years studying satellite images of the Lop Noor center.
Let us tell you that it was in Lop Noor that China conducted its first nuclear test on October 16, 1964. ‘The New York Times’ said that this activity of Lop Noor is one of the most sensitive moments of US-China relations.
According to this, President Biden is trying to stabilize China-America relations. Only last month he had a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
China rejected the report
China, on its part, has rejected the report. On the other hand, The New York Times claims that this base located at Lop Noor has been upgraded in the last few years.
By 2017, an old site with a handful of buildings had been transformed into a sleek, ultramodern complex surrounded by a security fence.
Apart from this, the newspaper has also claimed that this is a completely new structure. It has earthen berms and a lightning-proof bunker that can withstand even high levels of explosives.
Not only this, things like a new airbase, construction of many shafts and about 90 feet drilling rig and smoking gun are also visible in the pictures.
mini township also
A mini township is also visible in the pictures. About which it is being claimed that it has been made to support the activities going on in Lop Noor.
There is a rig within the township that is similar to the Lop Nur site and is hundreds of kilometers away. It is considered a training site for shaft drillers.
China’s Rocket Force, a key distinctive part of its military arsenal, controls Beijing’s nuclear triad of air, sea and land-launched nuclear missiles.
It operates under an integrated command and control system and is in the midst of a radical expansion.