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Chinese People’s Liberation Army

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The People's Liberation Army (PLA) reformed its command structure in April 2024, disestablishing the Strategic Support Force and establishing the Aerospace Force.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralAug 12, 2025China's Nuclear Early-Warning Architecture

The PLA aims to field a fully operational early-warning counterstrike capability by the end of the decade, complicating adversaries' first-strike calculations.

Mentioned as: PLATechnical ProductAug 12, 2025China's Nuclear Early-Warning Architecture

The PLA is building a radar fence with overlapping fields of view to cover multiple threat axes for missile tracking.

Mentioned as: plaTechnical ProductAug 12, 2025China's Nuclear Early-Warning Architecture

Base 37, headquartered in Lintong District, Xi’an, leads ballistic-missile early warning and space situational awareness for the PLA.

Mentioned as: PLATechnical ProductAug 12, 2025China's Nuclear Early-Warning Architecture

The Information Support Force (ISF) manages hardened fiber-optic routes, secure satellite links, and microwave relays for the PLA.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralAug 12, 2025China's Nuclear Early-Warning Architecture

The 2015 military reforms reshaped the People's Liberation Army (PLA) high command.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralAug 7, 2025China's Evolving Nuclear Command and Control for Launch-on-Warning

The former Second Artillery Corps was elevated to a full co-equal service branch known as the PLA Rocket Force (PLARF).

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralAug 7, 2025China's Evolving Nuclear Command and Control for Launch-on-Warning

The PLA intercepts and locates faint radio transmissions as part of its military strategy.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralJul 29, 2025The PLA's High-Frequency Direction Finding Network

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is developing high-frequency direction finding (HF/DF) capabilities.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralJul 29, 2025The PLA's High-Frequency Direction Finding Network

The session contrasts U.S., PLA, and Russian command and control practice.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralJul 25, 2025Paid Drop 2: C2 fundamentals and a China ISR satellites cheat sheet (v1.0)

The architecture of the PLA's satellite communications presents a significant vulnerability.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralJul 22, 2025The Military Implications of China's Guowang Megaconstellation

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) relies on a limited number of geosynchronous (GEO) satellites for military satellite communications.

Mentioned as: PLATechnical ProductJul 22, 2025The Military Implications of China's Guowang Megaconstellation

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) uses Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) to analyze visual data from satellites.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralMay 28, 2025PLA Space-Based Automatic Target Recognition

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has a rapidly expanding network of imagery intelligence (IMINT) satellites.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralMay 22, 2025The PLA's Imagery Satellites

The PLA's targeting process includes the use of SIGINT and ELINT satellites.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralMay 22, 2025The PLA's Imagery Satellites

The PLA's IMINT satellites are referred to as the 'eyes in the sky.'

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNoiseMay 22, 2025The PLA's Imagery Satellites

In 2017, Dean Cheng testified that the People’s Liberation Army was developing high power-output microwaves radiating energy hundreds to 10,000 times greater than radar.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralMay 12, 2025Russian and Chinese development of radiofrequency directed energy weapons (RF DEW) for counterspace

China’s multi-domain precision warfare strategy, first articulated by the People’s Liberation Army in 2021, synthesizes intelligence from land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace to deliver precise, coordinated strikes.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyNarrative GeneralDec 18, 2024Pentagon report highlights China’s space advancements and AI-driven ‘precision warfare’

The People’s Liberation Army doubled its satellites in geostationary orbit between 2018 and 2024.

Mentioned as: Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyOrg RelationshipNov 19, 2024Panel report on China’s tech developments calls for U.S. action on space and AI

The China Manned Space Engineering Office operates under the People’s Liberation Army.

Mentioned as: People's Liberation ArmyOrg RelationshipJun 11, 2024China selects new batch of astronauts with an eye on the moon
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