Weapons of Mass Destruction Tests in China (1964)

Tanks of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) attack a simulated enemy under conditions of using weapons of mass destruction (WMD) at a training ground near Lake Lop Nur in 1964. A unit of motorcyclists, dressed in general protective suits (GPS), passes by.

Tanks at a training ground.

Soldiers in GPS on the armor of a tank.

PLA infantry, dressed in GPS, attack a simulated enemy with the support of tanks, under conditions of using weapons of mass destruction.

Chinese soldiers in GPS run to attack through an area with radiation contamination.

Chinese infantry, dressed in GPS, attacking a simulated enemy.

Entrance to a summer military tent camp of the Chinese army, pillars with hieroglyphs at the entrance.

Views of hills at a training ground in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

A female political worker reads a text into a microphone through an amplifier.

Chinese soldiers during a political information session.

The flag of the People's Republic of China flutters on the flagpole, soldiers sit on the flagpole.

View of the observation post at the testing site during the test of a nuclear bomb, flash.

Effects of damaging factors of a nuclear explosion, destruction of the building under the impact of the shock wave.

Experimental dogs in cages that survived the nuclear explosion.

Chickens in cages that laid eggs after the nuclear explosion.

Experimental monkey in a cage after the nuclear explosion.

A truck damaged by a nuclear explosion.

Twisted railroad tracks.

A half-destroyed building.

View of a surviving bunker.