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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.
The PLA aims to field a fully operational early-warning counterstrike capability by the end of the decade, complicating adversaries' first-strike calculations.
The PLA is building a radar fence with overlapping fields of view to cover multiple threat axes for missile tracking.
Base 37, headquartered in Lintong District, Xi’an, leads ballistic-missile early warning and space situational awareness for the PLA.
The Information Support Force (ISF) manages hardened fiber-optic routes, secure satellite links, and microwave relays for the PLA.
The 2015 military reforms reshaped the People's Liberation Army (PLA) high command.
The former Second Artillery Corps was elevated to a full co-equal service branch known as the PLA Rocket Force (PLARF).
The PLA intercepts and locates faint radio transmissions as part of its military strategy.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is developing high-frequency direction finding (HF/DF) capabilities.
The session contrasts U.S., PLA, and Russian command and control practice.
The architecture of the PLA's satellite communications presents a significant vulnerability.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) relies on a limited number of geosynchronous (GEO) satellites for military satellite communications.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) uses Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) to analyze visual data from satellites.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has a rapidly expanding network of imagery intelligence (IMINT) satellites.
The PLA's targeting process includes the use of SIGINT and ELINT satellites.
The PLA's IMINT satellites are referred to as the 'eyes in the sky.'
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.
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.
The People’s Liberation Army doubled its satellites in geostationary orbit between 2018 and 2024.
The China Manned Space Engineering Office operates under the People’s Liberation Army.