(This is not China-bashing, as I assume lots of other nations do this for the same reasons.)
It's a lot harder to have unwanted intruders, and satellite surveillance is less likely. This lab will 100% have a military research purpose.
It's a lot harder to have unwanted intruders, and satellite surveillance is less likely. This lab will 100% have a military research purpose.
AFAIK nobody goes 'that deep' for science alone, it's always adjacent to mining, leftofer/unused/abandoned tunnels, and often closes down when the mining ceases, and the operation getting too expensive without the ongoing mining.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOLAB , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfranc_Underground_Laborator... , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Underground_Research_F... for some examples.
That was a joke, haha, fat chance