PLA Rocket Force test fires new missile in Bohai Sea

The PLA Rocket Force (PLARF) recently test fired a new-type missile in the eastern Bohai Sea, a spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of National Defence (MND) confirmed on Tuesday 9 May. In reply to media enquiry about a recent missile firing test, the spokesman stated: “to improve the troops' capability of carrying out missions and …

PLA forms Rocket Force and Strategic Support Force

Following on from the earlier report that the PLA Second Artillery Corps has been elevated into a full service branch and renamed as the PLA Rocket Force (PLARF), Chinese state media confirmed today that at the same time the PLA also created a brand new branch known as the PLA Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) on …

PLA forms Rocket Force as the 4th service branch

On 31 December 2015, the People's Liberation Army Second Artillery Corps (PLA SAC) was officially elevated in its status from a service arm (兵种) to a full service branch (军种), on par with the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Its name was also changed to the PLA Rocket Force (中国人民解放军火箭军). The PLARF oeprates all of …