China building ‘doomsday’ command 10 times bigger than the Pentagon

The complex would be the world’s largest military command centre and include bombproof bunkers for leaders, say US intelligence officials.

Demetri Sevastopulo, Joe Leahy and Ryan McMorrow

Jan 31, 2025 – 2.53pm

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China’s military is building a massive complex in western Beijing that US intelligence believes will serve as a wartime command centre far larger than the Pentagon, according to current and former American officials.

Satellite images obtained by the Financial Times that are being examined by US intelligence show a roughly 607-hectare construction site 30 kilometres south-west of Beijing with deep holes that military experts assess will house large, hardened bunkers to protect Chinese military leaders during any conflict – including potentially a nuclear war.

Financial Times