China plans monstrous new nuclear weapons facility to dwarf us rival

The Chinese military is building a colossal power facility designed to test the conditions of a nuclear weapon strike, similar to the existing Z Pulsed Power Facility in Albuquerque, New

Mexico. The US' facility, according to Sandia National Laboratory, is the world's most powerful and efficient laboratory radiation source. A report reads: “It uses high magnetic

fields associated with high electrical currents to produce high temperatures, high pressures, and powerful X-rays for research in high energy density science. “The Z machine creates

conditions found nowhere else on Earth." But this may not be true for long, as a similar facility could be seen in Mianyang, in the southwest of China. The city is where the Chinese

Academy of Engineering Physics is located, a body that conducts research and testing into the use of nuclear weapons. The South China Morning Post reported that the new testing facility

could comfortably eclipse the US' equivalent technology, producing 22 times the amount of energy. The report said that the facility is "designed to produce about 60 million joules

of energy in an instant – roughly 22 times the 2.7 million joules generated at the Sandia facility". It continues: “It does this by firing powerful electrical pulses at a target about

the size of a spool of thread consisting of hundreds of tungsten wires, each thinner than a human hair. "When the pulses pass through the wires, the tungsten explodes, evaporates and

creates a plasma with a magnetic field so strong that the exploded particles are forced inward. "The particles collide, producing intense radiation – mostly X-rays – and creating

conditions that more accurately reflect a real nuclear explosion.” China has placed a lot of emphasis on weapons development in recent years, as President Xi Jinping seeks superior hard

power to produce political leverage in the multiple disputes Beijing is embroiled in. Last week, reports emerged stating that a Chinese technology firm had developed attack drones,

specifically designed for street combat in what appeared to be preparation for close-quarters ground combat. READ MORE:SOUTH CHINA SEA: HOW BEIJING'S MILITARY PLAN COULD FALL APART One

of these weapons was the 'Sharp Sword', an unmanned drone which features a striking wing design and the exhaust is concealed giving it enhanced stealth capabilities. The Chinese

President said in his speech during the celebrations: “There is no force that can shake the status of this great nation. No force can stop the Chinese people and the Chinese nation forging

ahead. “Long live the great Communist Party of China. And long live the great Chinese People."