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https://fas.org/nuke/guide/china/Karber_UndergroundFacilities-Full_2011_reduced.pdf
A very well researched report by Georgetown University on China's underground great wall for any interested readers. This report details the story and evolution of China's nuclear second strike capability pre-2010. A new generation of underground infrastructure are currently underway (post-2010).
"Since 1995, the Second Artillery Division has mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers to build a network of tunnels stretching for more than 5,000 km below the mountain regions of Hebei" - China's state-run CCTV reported. "Amissile base has been built hundreds of meters underground and can withstand several nuclear attacks," - CCTV
The existence China's immense underground infrastructure is nothing of a secret nor conspiracy. It serves both the military and civilian spheres, older tunnels or inactive military tunnels will be transferred to civilian use (rentals, cold storage, retail, museums, etc.). Many civilian infrastructure is planned and built with war time use in mind. There are civilian bomb shelters in most cities with the most famous ones in Chongqing, Beijing, and Shanghai.
The Shelter is a nightclub that makes use of one of the roughly 2,000 bomb shelters (built during 60s and 70s) that can be found beneath Xuhui district, Shanghai alone, home to less than 1 million people.
10,000 interconnected bunkers/air-raid shelters were constructed in Beijing during 60s and 70s for the protection of the civilian population in the event of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com.a...ive-in-these-underground-nuclear-bunkers.aspx
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/asia/beijing-bomb-shelters.html
Contemporary civilian wartime infrastructure is melded with high utilisation infrastructure such as underground car parks, metro systems, etc. Many such dual use infrastructure was built during the infrastructure boom in china (still ongoing).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/816_Nuclear_Military_Plant
http://robbreport.com.my/2017/05/22/bunker-bottle-china-international-wine-museum/
Chongqing is famous for its "underground hotpot" restaurants.
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-...511/underground-economy-wartime-bomb-shelters
Most of the "Underground great wall" (military) is catered towards nuclear second strike capability and storage of supplies and each system is connected in a greater country wide network via tunnels and civilian infrastructure. Underground infrastructure provides security for rocket force, army, navy, and air force assets.
This is just a sliver of China's underground infrastructure. The construction of such assets is deeply ingrained in Chinese military culture, what you see on the surface there is a microcosm reflection underground. The purpose of such infrastructure is to provide a credible second strike capability and survive "Doomsday". In the case of a first nuclear strike on China it is able to strike back with nuclear assets and continue production (civilian and military).
A very well researched report by Georgetown University on China's underground great wall for any interested readers. This report details the story and evolution of China's nuclear second strike capability pre-2010. A new generation of underground infrastructure are currently underway (post-2010).
"Since 1995, the Second Artillery Division has mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers to build a network of tunnels stretching for more than 5,000 km below the mountain regions of Hebei" - China's state-run CCTV reported. "Amissile base has been built hundreds of meters underground and can withstand several nuclear attacks," - CCTV
The existence China's immense underground infrastructure is nothing of a secret nor conspiracy. It serves both the military and civilian spheres, older tunnels or inactive military tunnels will be transferred to civilian use (rentals, cold storage, retail, museums, etc.). Many civilian infrastructure is planned and built with war time use in mind. There are civilian bomb shelters in most cities with the most famous ones in Chongqing, Beijing, and Shanghai.
The Shelter is a nightclub that makes use of one of the roughly 2,000 bomb shelters (built during 60s and 70s) that can be found beneath Xuhui district, Shanghai alone, home to less than 1 million people.
10,000 interconnected bunkers/air-raid shelters were constructed in Beijing during 60s and 70s for the protection of the civilian population in the event of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com.a...ive-in-these-underground-nuclear-bunkers.aspx
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/asia/beijing-bomb-shelters.html
Contemporary civilian wartime infrastructure is melded with high utilisation infrastructure such as underground car parks, metro systems, etc. Many such dual use infrastructure was built during the infrastructure boom in china (still ongoing).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/816_Nuclear_Military_Plant
http://robbreport.com.my/2017/05/22/bunker-bottle-china-international-wine-museum/
Chongqing is famous for its "underground hotpot" restaurants.
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-...511/underground-economy-wartime-bomb-shelters
Most of the "Underground great wall" (military) is catered towards nuclear second strike capability and storage of supplies and each system is connected in a greater country wide network via tunnels and civilian infrastructure. Underground infrastructure provides security for rocket force, army, navy, and air force assets.
This is just a sliver of China's underground infrastructure. The construction of such assets is deeply ingrained in Chinese military culture, what you see on the surface there is a microcosm reflection underground. The purpose of such infrastructure is to provide a credible second strike capability and survive "Doomsday". In the case of a first nuclear strike on China it is able to strike back with nuclear assets and continue production (civilian and military).
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