Recently Yahoo News on-line picked up the following:
Satellite images show 'Beijing Military City,' the
secretive command center China is building. It may be the world's largest.
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Business Insider - Lauren Frias
Wed, April 16, 2025 at 11:07 a.m. PDT·5 min read
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A covert construction project
In June 2024, the construction site hardly resembled what it
looked like a little over a year earlier, with new tunnels and roadways
surrounding a central block of land potentially reserved for the main complex
building.
There are no official mentions of the construction site on
Chinese government websites, and the Chinese embassy said they were not aware
of the details of the new command center.
While there hasn't been any visible military presence at the
complex, access to the facility is strictly prohibited.
World's biggest
military command center
Brady Africk, the deputy director of Media Relations and
Data Design at the American Enterprise Institute, posted a timelapse on X
capturing the site's speedy build-up in just a year.
A former senior US intelligence official told the Financial
Times that the new command center could replace China's existing military
headquarters, which was built during the Cold War.
"The size, scale, and partially buried characteristics
of the new facility suggest it will replace the Western Hills complex as the
primary wartime command facility," the official said.
A potential 'doomsday bunker'
Aside from being the anticipated central hub of Chinese
military operations, the former US official said the facility could also offer
"greater security against US 'bunker buster' munitions" for Chinese
officials in the event of war.
Renny Babiarz, a former imagery analyst at the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, told the Financial Times that satellite images
appeared to show about 100 cranes at the site constructing subterranean
facilities and passageways.
"Nearly 10
times bigger than the Pentagon, it's fitting for Xi Jinping's ambitions to
surpass the US," the researcher said. "This fortress only serves one
purpose, which is to act as a doomsday bunker for China's increasingly
sophisticated and capable military."
China's growing military ambitions
The new command center is the latest move that demonstrates
China's advancing military ambitions. The Chinese People's Liberation Army set
a goal to modernize the country's military by 2027.
As of mid-2024, the Pentagon estimated that China's Rocket
Force likely had more than 600 operational nuclear warheads, and the figure is
only expected to grow. Defense officials estimate China's nuclear arsenal could
have as many as 1,500 deployed nuclear warheads by 2035 — roughly matching
those of the US.
Translation
衛星影像顯示中國正在興建的秘密指揮中心「北京軍城」。它可能是世界上最大的。 （2/2）
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一項隱密的建設項目
2024 年 6 月，施工現場與一年多前相比已大不相同，新的隧道和道路環繞著一塊可能為主要綜合建築預留的中心地塊。
中國政府網站上沒有關於該施工現場的官方信息，中國大使館表示他們不清楚新指揮中心的具體細節。
雖然建築群內沒有明顯的軍事存在，但嚴禁進入該設施。
施工地方有標誌顯示，無人機和照片不得靠近該地點，且檢查站已封鎖了該地點的後方。人們也被禁止使用在該地點附近的遠足路徑。
世界最大的軍事指揮中心
美國企業研究所 的 媒體關係和數據設計
副主任Brady Africk 在 X 上發布了一段延時攝影視頻，記錄了該網站在短短一年內快速發展的過程。
一位前美國高級情報官員向英國《金融時報》表示，新的指揮中心可能取代中國現有的冷戰時期建造的軍事總部。
這位官員說： “新設施的大小、規模和部分埋藏的特點表明，它將取代西山綜合設施
成為主要的戰時指揮設施。”
潛在的“末日地堡”
這位前美國官員表示，除了成為預期的中國軍事行動中心樞紐之外，一旦發生戰爭，該設施還可以為中國官員提供「更強的安全保障，抵禦美國『打擊地堡的武器』」。
美國國家地理空間情報局 前影像分析師 Renny Babiarz 向英國《金融時報》表示，衛星影像顯示，現場約有 100 台起重機正在建造地下設施和通道。
一位研究中國的人仕告訴英國《金融時報》，由於地下有深隧道和混凝土加固的空間，該建築群「具備敏感軍事設施的所有特徵」。
研究人員表示： “它的規模幾乎是五角大樓的10倍，這符合習近平超越美國的野心”; “這座堡壘只有一個目的，那就是作為中國日益先進和強大的軍隊的末日地堡。”
中國日益增長的軍事野心
新的指揮中心是展現中國日益增強的軍事野心的最新舉措。中國人民解放軍設定了2027年實現軍隊現代化的目標。
五角大廈估計，截至2024年中期，中國火箭部隊可能擁有超過600枚可操作的核彈頭，而且這一數字預計還會成長。國防官員估計，到2035年，中國的核武庫可能擁有多達1,500枚核彈頭，大致與美國相約。
So, China is constructing a massive military
headquarters about 20 miles southwest of the capital that will surpass the Pentagon
in size. It could be a doomsday bunker for
China. The new command center is the latest move that demonstrates China's
advancing military ambitions.
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