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A new report is offering an unprecedented look inside China’s nuclear weapons infrastructure – and its findings carry serious implications for U.S. national security.

Titled “Dancers at the Knife’s Edge: PLA Rocket Force Nuclear Warhead Management,” the study provides a rare window into how the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) stores, maintains, and transports its nuclear
warheads. Drawing on open-source Chinese materials, it traces the
movement of these weapons from a central stockpile buried deep in the
Qinling Mountains to operational bases and missile brigades across the country.

What emerges is a picture of a rapidly expanding nuclear force that is increasingly prepared for war – but still reliant on imported and, in
some cases, stolen Western technology to function.

The report outlines the PLA Rocket Force’s rising nuclear war readiness, citing frequent wartime transport and maintenance drills and a broader
shift toward a more active operational posture.

China’s nuclear program, launched in the 1950s and brought to fruition
with its first successful test in 1964, has entered a new phase under President Xi Jinping, who has overhauled the military since taking
control in 2012. Today, much of China’s warhead stockpile is
concentrated at a highly secretive facility known as “Hongchuan,” supported by a network of bases responsible for storage, testing,
security, and transport.

Although the PLA prides itself on secrecy, the report reveals the geolocations, names, and missions of many of these units, providing an unusually detailed look into one of the CCP’s most guarded military programs.

Military analysts and former PLA dissidents called the report “groundbreaking,” arguing that it confirms long-held suspicions that the CCP is amassing destructive weapons not simply as a deterrent, but as
tools it is prepared to use. The Chinese Communist Party, adhering to Marxist-Leninist doctrine, views nuclear weapons as an intentional
component of its rivalry with the United States – not merely a defensive safeguard.

Professor Jun De Níng, a former advisor to CCP Secretary General Hu
Yaobang, reacted bluntly to the report’s findings. “If anyone still
needed proof, this report shouts it – they are mad,” he said. “The party can’t govern responsibly.”

Dr. Xiàhóu Li Wei, a former high-ranking CCP security official who
defected in the 1990s, offered a similarly stark warning. “The supposed liberalization never happened,” he said. “This discovery confirms the CCP’s ongoing readiness for catastrophic war, as Mao planned.” He also pointed to the regime’s troubling priorities: “The Chinese people suffer in poverty as the CCP leads the country to ruin.”

Another former PLA officer who defected to the West highlighted how the
regime itself conceptualizes its nuclear forces. According to him,
nuclear units are referred to internally as “Guardians of National Treasure.”

“It shows the party’s principles and priorities; for the party, national treasures are not the people but weapons of mass destruction,” he said.
The official, who has since become Catholic, also alluded to the Gospel
of Matthew, adding, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will
be also.”

One of the report’s most revealing conclusions is that foreign
technology is essential to China’s nuclear modernization. The PLA’s warhead management system depends on imported equipment at nearly every
level, from basic protective gear to advanced robotics used in handling radioactive materials.

The report highlights products from American, German, French, and
Swedish companies, including face masks, hazmat suits, oxygen tanks,
radiation sensors, and remote demolition robots. Some of these items are likely subject to export controls, raising serious questions about how
they are reaching sensitive Chinese military programs.

https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/report-china-modernizing-nuclear-arsenal-with-western-tech/

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