Posted on 06/28/2005 6:58:53 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
China activates bomb shelters
Intelligence sources suspect reopening to public is part of strategic deception
Posted: June 28, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
China's decision to open up massive bomb shelters to the public, ostensibly to provide a respite from summer heat, has U.S. intelligence analysts concerned about a possible strategic deception by Beijing, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
The government made a high-profile public announcement, carried by the official Xinhua news agency, this week that bomb shelters in central Chongqing would be opened to the public to allow residents to cool off during a heat wave in which temperatures are reaching into the 90s.
Specifically, the announcement said, the government had decided to open 24 cool, underground air-raid shelters, most of them built in the 1960s and 1970s.
"A heat wave with high humidity has hit Chongqing since last week, making life unbearable to residents, many of whom only have electric or palm-leaf fans to cool off," the Xinhua report explained.
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The government even planned to equip the shelters with free tea, chairs, books and newspapers for those trying to escape the heat.
The bomb shelters, the report said, covered an area of more than 70,000 square meters – or some 17.3 acres – and could accommodate tens of thousands of people.
While "civil defense" fallout shelters may sound like an anachronism to many in the West, the Chinese have maintained an elaborate, large and sophisticated system, as the size of the Chongquin facility suggests.
The shelters are built for quick and easy access to the public from home or work.
But some Western intelligence analysts believe there is more to this official announcement by the Chinese than public relations, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
"I don't think the Chinese leadership is only interested in appearing beneficent and caring toward its people," one well-placed intelligence source told the premium online intelligence newsletter. "That might be a side benefit to this announcement, but I strongly suspect there is much more to this story than meets the eye."
The Chinese specialist agreed with others knowledgeable about nuclear arms that such a maneuver – opening up large fallout shelters to the public on a regular basis would serve two strategic purposes for Beijing:
It would familiarize the Chinese people to the shelters, making it easier to evacuate the public in times of potential nuclear attack; It would confuse Western intelligence analysts who monitor movements of the Chinese public by satellite as evidence of the government's intentions; In addition to monitoring missile launches, U.S. national security officials keep an eye on large-scale public movements in countries like China. If, for instance, city residents were seen moving in large numbers into fallout shelters, it would be a sign the government might be preparing for an attack of some kind.
But if such massive movements became routine – because shelters are opened up in the heat of summer and in the cold of winter to provide shelters from the elements – then such movements would more likely be disregarded as militarily insignificant in the West.
"Think about it," said one U.S. intelligence source. "If you were planning, at some point in the future, to launch a pre-emptive first strike on some enemy, wouldn't it make sense to do what the Chinese are doing?"
"The government even planned to equip the shelters with free tea, chairs, books and newspapers for those trying to escape the heat."
Darn, now if there was going to serve egg rolls and fried rice, maybe...
We need about 500,000 Planes carrying a couple tons of dirt each..
Don't get to carried away. If there is a nuclear war, those shelters won't be much use.
Attn: PRC section
Small man made dirt shelters have shown effectiveness in nuke war.
Why would those Chinese professional shelters not work?
This Chinese prep is scary
...before the invention of bunker buster bombs.
Penetrators ? Of course that's a bad idea from the perspective of fighting the nuclear war itself.
"If there is a nuclear war, those shelters won't be much use."
I would agree that would be the case in urban areas, but, as shown by the recent election, most of the US is not urban.
The rural, and especially suburban, population would benefit dramatically from small blast/fallout shelters and some plentiful food and supplies, especially if there was a more limited nuclear war, such as would occur with China.
It is shameful that the urbanites managed to sell the suburbanites and rural folks on the myth that nuclear preparation is a bad thing.
"Small man made dirt shelters have shown effectiveness in nuke war."
What war was that? I must have been taking a nap during the nuke war.
Yes, any given shelter is vulnerable to bunker-busters, but if you have multiple hardened sites, not all will be hit, as the ones holding populations have little strategic value.
Its a numbers game, and we are stupid to be unprepared.
"...The government even planned to equip the shelters with free tea, chairs, books and newspapers for those trying to escape the heat...."
What HEAT are they trying to escape? The normal summertime heat wave, or the heat wave they fear coming from the sky, courtesy of the USA, in the form of thermonuclear bombs?
They are fallout shelters not bomb shelters.
It's good of the Chinese to show us where to plant our bunker bombs ahead of time, eh?
It would be immoral to use bunker busters on said civilian shetlers UNLESS they were holding military needs.
My scenario for the doom of the USA....a few dirty suitcase nukes...one each in NYC, Washington, DC, Chicago, Seattle, San Fran & LA.
While we are on our knees dealing with said attack, China can deliver the coup-de-grace. Game Over!
And don't think for a moment that can't happen.
Anyone that votes Democratic is either stupid or un-American.
LOL
Small target v. large target--bunker bombs are too expensive to waste on "hobbit holes".
Did you miss the nukewar, too?
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