Posted on 07/30/2006 6:19:57 PM PDT by blam
Shanghai builds vast bunker to shield against terrorism attack
(Filed: 31/07/2006)
The authorities in Shanghai, which is the Chinese financial hub, have built a huge underground shelter against the eventuality of terrorism or industrial accidents.
The vast 968,400sq ft subterranean complex could accommodate 200,000 people for up to 15 days.
It is linked to government offices, commercial and residential areas and the transport system by a labyrinth of tunnels.
The bunker can protect occupants from "nuclear radiation, poisonous gases, explosions and other disasters," the state's news agency Xinhua reported yesterday.
"In peacetime, parts of the bunker could be used as garages, warehouses or commercial facilities," added a civil defence official.
The mayor of Shanghai, Han Zheng, ordered an overhaul of the city's civil defence programme because of fears about Islamic terrorism in the disputed Xinjiang province and an increase in the number of industrial accidents resulting in chemical leaks.
The bunker is more modern than Beijing's underground city - which is a 20-mile network of tunnels built under the order of Chairman Mao following the 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict.
Protect 200,000 out of a population of 10+ million.
Protection against terrorism, or actually from insurrection and/or nuclear war (Taiwan, US)?
mass grave
Doogle
It sure sounds like they have a long-term master plan for grabbing Taiwan, nuking Los Angeles, and surviving the retaliatory strikes, doesn't it...
Sounds like a great target for the bad guys.
Or a gas attack?
question will be if it is being designed around any US penetrating bomb capability or not.
"The vast 968,400sq ft subterranean complex could accommodate 200,000 people for up to 15 days."
A bit less then 5 square feet per person ?
Must have lost something in translation ...
Exactly.
Its a hostage center. In event of civil war, people of note and influence in China's growing private sector will be taken there and held hostage.
Maybe they plan to stack them vertically...
A bit less then 5 square feet per person ?
Must have lost something in translation ...
You don't buy many lotto tickets, do you?
What the hell is wrong with countries like Russia and China that have their own Islamic terror problem and yet lay in bed with Iran?!
"The vast 968,400sq ft subterranean complex could accommodate 200,000 people for up to 15 days."
A bit less then 5 square feet per person ?
Must have lost something in translation ...
"You don't buy many lotto tickets, do you?"
??? Now I need a translator - anyone speak GOPJish ?
People who can do math don't buy a lot of lotto tickets...
Shoot, I'm glad I took calculus to figure how much I've spent on them ! :-)
You got it - protection of the cadre from Taiwans retaliation, should the day come.
"The bunker can protect occupants from "nuclear radiation, poisonous gases, explosions and war with the United States"
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