DOES CHINA WANT TO SET UP MISSILES ON THE MOON?

Expert from the China National Space Administration's Lunar Exploration Programme Centre reportedly said lunar missile bases could be set up

Comparisons being drawn with the Death Star in the Star Wars films, which is a fictional space station capable of destroying planets with its giant laser

A Chinese newspaper reported there are also plans to use the moon as a base from which to explore deep space

The Beijing Times reported that discussions are ongoing in China as to whether the People’s Liberation Army could establish a missile base on the moon.

 

One expert told the newspaper that the Earth’s natural satellite could be turned into a giant weapon, which could be used as a military base where missiles could be directed at targets on Earth, Want China Times reported.

 

The nation is only the third in history to launch an unmanned lunar probe after the Chang'e-3 device, nicknamed 'Jade Rabbit' after a Chinese folklore character, set off at 5.30pm on Sunday evening (1.30am local time).

 

The lunar probe blasted off on board an enhanced Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's southwestern Sichuan province.

 

The probe, which can climb inclines of up to 30 degrees and travel up to 200 metres per hour, is targeted to land within a huge volcanic crater known as Sinus Iridum, which means the Bay of Rainbows, on about December 14.

 

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