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China activates bomb shelters
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Posted on 06/28/2005 6:58:53 AM PDT by Esther Ruth

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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?"

1 posted on 06/28/2005 6:58:53 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
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To: Esther Ruth

"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...


2 posted on 06/28/2005 7:01:15 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
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To: Esther Ruth


We need about 500,000 Planes carrying a couple tons of dirt each..


3 posted on 06/28/2005 7:01:46 AM PDT by Josh in PA
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To: Esther Ruth

Don't get to carried away. If there is a nuclear war, those shelters won't be much use.


4 posted on 06/28/2005 7:02:23 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: An.American.Expatriate; ASA Vet; Atigun; beyond the sea; BIGLOOK; Blue Collar Christian; ...
MI Ping

Attn: PRC section

5 posted on 06/28/2005 7:04:46 AM PDT by ASA Vet (It's getting funner and funner.)
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To: Esther Ruth
Moveon, nothing to see here. Don't worry about the food stock piles either, just saving for a rainy day.
6 posted on 06/28/2005 7:04:49 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Democrats, Socialists........................ Is there really a difference?)
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To: Brilliant

Small man made dirt shelters have shown effectiveness in nuke war.

Why would those Chinese professional shelters not work?

This Chinese prep is scary


7 posted on 06/28/2005 7:05:58 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Condemn me, make me naked and kill me, or be silent for ever on my gun ownership and law enforcement)
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To: Brilliant
bomb shelters....most of them built in the 1960s and 1970s.

...before the invention of bunker buster bombs.

8 posted on 06/28/2005 7:08:06 AM PDT by DCPatriot
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Why would those Chinese professional shelters not work?

Penetrators ? Of course that's a bad idea from the perspective of fighting the nuclear war itself.

9 posted on 06/28/2005 7:10:00 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (An elected Legislature can trample a man's rights as easy as a King can.)
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To: Brilliant

"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.


10 posted on 06/28/2005 7:10:22 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan
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To: JudgemAll

"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.


11 posted on 06/28/2005 7:10:42 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 5 decades.)
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To: Esther Ruth; All
Now, just where do you think the Chicoms got the missile technology to be able to hit the United State in a preemptive attack.

Who knew what, and when did they know it?
12 posted on 06/28/2005 7:11:35 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Democrats, Socialists........................ Is there really a difference?)
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To: DCPatriot

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.


13 posted on 06/28/2005 7:11:57 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan
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To: Esther Ruth

"...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?


14 posted on 06/28/2005 7:13:50 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (THE ACLU IS A CULT!!!!! IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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To: DCPatriot

They are fallout shelters not bomb shelters.


15 posted on 06/28/2005 7:18:14 AM PDT by ASA Vet (It's getting funner and funner.)
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To: Brilliant

It's good of the Chinese to show us where to plant our bunker bombs ahead of time, eh?


16 posted on 06/28/2005 7:20:54 AM PDT by TaxRelief
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To: MeanWestTexan
I was just making an observation.

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.

17 posted on 06/28/2005 7:21:21 AM PDT by DCPatriot
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To: Grampa Dave

LOL


18 posted on 06/28/2005 7:22:52 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: JudgemAll
Small manmade dirt shelters have shown effectiveness in nuke war. Why would those Chinese professional shelters not work?

Small target v. large target--bunker bombs are too expensive to waste on "hobbit holes".

19 posted on 06/28/2005 7:24:43 AM PDT by TaxRelief
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To: bwteim

Did you miss the nukewar, too?


20 posted on 06/28/2005 7:25:53 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 5 decades.)
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