China Develops Helmets for Soldiers With Self-Destruct Button: Report

China Develops Helmets for Soldiers With Self-Destruct Button: Report
A female Chinese People's Liberation Army soldier takes military training at Pamir Mountains in Kashgar, northwestern China's Xinjiang region on Jan. 4, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Nicole Hao
Updated:

The Chinese military is equipping soldiers stationed in Tibet with newly developed helmets embedded with a self-destruct button.

The button triggers an embedded bomb to go off, killing the soldier.

Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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