China To Open Its 'Los Alamos' To Tourists

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Wonder if they "stole" the floor plans!!!

Thursday March 18 1:44 PM ET 

China To Open Its 'Los Alamos' To Tourists

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will soon open a showcase nuclear 
research center to tourists, complete with a real atomic bomb on 
display, the Wenhui Daily said Thursday.  

It said the welcome mat would be put out to tourists both Chinese 
and foreign at the China Air Dynamics Research and Development 
Center, home of China's atomic and hydrogen bombs, in Mianyang 
in the western province of Sichuan.  

They will be able to see a real atomic bomb and watch a video tape 
of a nuclear explosion, the newspaper said.

Also on exhibit would be models of a new generation of fighter 
planes and bombers, all in the case of promoting understanding of 
science and technology, it said.  

China is alleged to have stolen sensitive information from the U.S. 
national laboratory at Los Alamos to produce small warheads that 
can be launched from a single missile at multiple targets. Beijing 
has denied the allegations.

Sandy Perle
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"The object of opening the mind, as of opening 
the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
              - G. K. Chesterton -
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