The latest COVID-19 outbreak in China has infected millions of people all over the country. From Jan. 1 to Jan. 26, 15 academicians passed away, including several top military weapon experts, such as renowned nuclear weapons expert Wu Sheng, air defense missile expert Liang Jincai, nuclear submarine chief designer Zhang Jinlin, and mine blasting expert Li Zhao.
On Jan. 4, Wu Sheng, a nuclear weapons expert, died in Chengdu at the age of 89. Wu had participated in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) atomic and hydrogen bomb development in the 1960s, and had won many top awards in science and technology.
