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Job boon or national security risk? Air Force shoots down China's plan to build giant corn mill less than 15 miles from their North Dakota base - as communist-linked company looks to add to its 200,000 acres of US agricultural land worth $1.9 billion The Air Force sent a letter t o both of North Dakota's senatorscondemning the establishment of a giant Chinese-owned corn mill next to an US air base Despite the money that the mill's establishment would pump into the relatively small city, the Air Force says it is a national security risk The city's mayor, who once celebrated the development project, has now turned against it and says he will work to stop it from being built

By Sophie Mann For Dailymail.Com

Published: 07:04 GMT, 2 February 2023 | Updated: 07:04 GMT, 2 February 2023

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After about a year of debate about whether or not to build a corn mill in North Dakota, the United States Air Force has weighed in to say that the project 'presents a significant threat to national security.'

In a letter, Assistant Air Force Secretary Andrew Hunter wrote that that the proposed corn mill raised 'near- and long-term risks of significant impacts to our operations in the area.'

The subject of the letter is the plan by Fufeng USA to build a giant milling facility on the border of Grand Forks, North Dakota - about 12 miles from the Air Force Base.

Grand Forks, North Dakota Air Force base that a Chinese-owned company is attempting to build a giant corn mill 12 miles away from

Letter from the US Air Force condemning the building of the mill because of ongoing national security concerns

At the outset of debate around the factory, some residents objected to establishing closer economic ties with China, others argued it could easily be used as a spying

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