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Default Chinese State Media Brags of Plan to Establish “Death Star” Moon Base

"A report appearing in the pro-regime China Times brags that China’s
launch of the Long March-3B rocket earlier this week is part of a
long term plan to turn the moon into a Star Wars-style “death star”
from which the PLA could launch missiles against any target on Earth.

It all sounds like something straight out of The Onion, but upon
checking the sources it appears that this is indeed what Communist
Party officials have been discussing this week following China’s
flagship launch of a lunar rover, which is Beijing’s first spacecraft
to land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body."

"Under the headline PLA dreams of turning moon into Death Star, says
expert, the report cites “experts in China” who are wargaming how the
moon, “Can be transformed into a deadly weapon. Like the Death Star
in Star Wars, the moon could hypothetically be used as a military
battle station and ballistic missiles could be launched against any
military target on Earth.”"

See:

http://www.infowars.com/chinese-stat...tar-moon-base/
 




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