Beijing dreams of turning moon into ‘Death Star'
Beijing dreams of turning moon into ?Death Star?
Chinese state media brags of plan to militarize lunar base
Published: 3 hours ago
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.
Read more at Beijing dreams of turning moon into ?Death Star?
Beijing dreams of turning moon into ?Death Star?
Chinese state media brags of plan to militarize lunar base
Published: 3 hours ago
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.
Read more at Beijing dreams of turning moon into ?Death Star?
