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NATO Map Symbol Military unit The 75th Group Army ( Chinese : 第七十五集团军 ; pinyin : Dì Qīshíwǔ Jítuánjūn ), Unit 31663, formerly the 41st Group Army , is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF).
Eastern Theater Command's area of responsibility (AOR) includes East China, the East China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait. [9] [3] The command's primary missions are maintaining security in the East China Sea and the conduct of major operations against Taiwan, including the Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu Islands. [9]
The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, [a] formerly the Second Artillery Corps, [b] is the strategic and tactical missile force of the People's Republic of China.The PLARF is the 4th branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and controls China's arsenal of land-based ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles—both nuclear and conventional.
Chinese Military Science Academy (2000a), 《抗美援朝战争史》 [History of War to Resist America and Aid Korea] (in Chinese (China)), vol. II, Beijing: Chinese Military Science Academy Publishing House, ISBN 7-80137-392-8
The official or most commonly used name for the military portion of the aerodrome; Chinese name. Simplified Chinese characters for the primary name (not including characters for air base or air field) Alternate names. Other names used to describe the military portion or larger aerodrome including civilian name; IATA Code.
In 2016, the seven military regions of the China were reorganized into the present five theater commands and the term "military region" became obsolete. Chinese theater commands (TC) have been likened to the geographic combatant commands of the United States military ; however, China's theater commands do not (reportedly) extend beyond the ...
The ranks in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force are similar to those of the Chinese Army, formally known as the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, except that those of the PLA Air Force are prefixed by 空军; Kōngjūn; 'Air Force'.
In May 2016, the PRC raised the rank and status of its western Tibet Military Command to widen its scope for missions and combat preparedness, in a move analysts in Beijing said was aimed in part at fortifying the border with India. [3] The Xinjiang Military Command may also be elevated in the future, the report said.