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China building world’s biggest military base in prep for US war

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is reportedly building a new command center in the capital, Beijing, that, upon completion, will be at least 10 times larger than the US Pentagon.

Financial Times said that the construction of the mega-sized facility, which has been widely reported in mainstream media, has raised alarm among Western intelligence agencies, which think Beijing is preparing for a large-scale or even nuclear war.

The FT report said newly-analyzed satellite images showed that the project under construction is on a 1,500-acre site 30 kilometers southwest of Beijing. The images showed at least 100 cranes operating over a five-square-kilometer area.

The report said military experts believe that the facility will include heavily fortified bunkers to protect Chinese Communist Party (CCP) top leaders if a large-scale war breaks out. It said the construction of the facility began in mid-2024.

Intelligence analysts have reportedly nicknamed the project “Beijing Military City” as it will become the world’s largest military command center once completed.

FT said its reporters had tried to get close to the construction site but were blocked by security guards. A local shopkeeper told the outlet that the site is a military area.

The report coincided with US President Donald Trump’s call for building an expansive, next-generation “Iron Dome” missile defense shield for the mainland US. The shield, which will have a much larger coverage than Israel’s, will be designed to shoot down hypersonic missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).

China’s Foreign Ministry has not yet responded to the FT report and Trump’s Iron Dome program as the country celebrates the Chinese New Year from January 28 to

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