Argentina demands right to inspect Chinese antenna facility
The Argentina government of Javier Milei is now demanding the right to inspect a Chinese antenna facility that was established in Argentina in 2014 and began operating in 2017 under a 50-year-lease.
Under the agreement between the two nations, 10% “of the resources in the base must be utilized by Argentina.” However, China has been operating the facility unsupervised from the beginning. Likely built to support China’s space program, manned and planetary, U.S. officials have also suggested it is being used for military purposes, a possibility that cannot be dismissed since all of China’s space program falls under the supervision of the People’s Liberation Army.
Milei apparently wants a hand in its operation, or at least a much clearer idea of what it is doing. It is very possible he will even shut it down if he is not satisfied with the answers he gets.
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The Argentina government of Javier Milei is now demanding the right to inspect a Chinese antenna facility that was established in Argentina in 2014 and began operating in 2017 under a 50-year-lease.
Under the agreement between the two nations, 10% “of the resources in the base must be utilized by Argentina.” However, China has been operating the facility unsupervised from the beginning. Likely built to support China’s space program, manned and planetary, U.S. officials have also suggested it is being used for military purposes, a possibility that cannot be dismissed since all of China’s space program falls under the supervision of the People’s Liberation Army.
Milei apparently wants a hand in its operation, or at least a much clearer idea of what it is doing. It is very possible he will even shut it down if he is not satisfied with the answers he gets.
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Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. Your support allows me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Only now does it appear that Washington might finally recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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The Chinese Communist Party are loan sharks. They loan billions to third world dictators with their country’s natural resources as collateral. When the dictators flee to Monte Carlo with all the loot the CCP then steals all the minerals. Any “infrastructure” the CCP builds is so cheap it starts crumbling immediately.
The primary role of any government is to protect its citizens. Milei is Argentina’s Trump.
“Argentina’s Milei meets with Donald Trump in Maryland”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFe8UQrcj78
(10 seconds)
Its nothing more than a simple shake down.
“Hand me some cash and I will go away for a few years. Ignore me and I tell the world what your really doing.”
March in and take it over. What is China going to do about it.?
I kept my promise—you keep your distance—I kept my promise!
Jeff-
Hilarious!
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
“Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”
https://youtu.be/-Uv0c9kMcf0
(2:30)
I absolutely LOVE this man! He is doing what EVERY LEADER of EVERY Nation should do – act in the BEST interests of HIS NATION! THAT is why the left so hated and HATE PRESIDENT TRUMP – he actually wants to put the USA ahead of the rest of the world! Imagine that!
I hope President Milei gets in there and finds out what is really happening and “politely” reminds China that they can keep their Plant but HE will appoint people to run it! If all they want is their products then that shouldn’t be an issue! If they are there for OTHER reasons – well then!