WASHINGTON -- The announcement this week that President Joe Biden had ordered a Chinese-owned crypto mining facility to vacate a plot of land close to a U.S. Air Force base in Wyoming has raised questions on why China might be interested in the site.
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An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during a test in California in 2017. The U.S. is in the process of replacing the missiles with a new model. (U.S. Air Force via Reuters)
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