People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
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The People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force was a service branch of the People's Liberation Army that existed from December 2015 to April 2024.
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force | |
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中国人民解放军战略支援部队 | |
Founded | 31 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-31) |
Disbanded | 19 April 2024; 3 months ago (2024-04-19) |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party |
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Part of | People's Liberation Army |
March | 《我们是刀尖,我们是铁拳》 ("We Are the Knife Point, We Are the Iron Fist") |
Website | chinamil.com.cn |
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With an aim to improve the army's ability to fight what China terms "informationized conflicts"[lower-alpha 1] and enhance the PLA's power projection capabilities in space and cyberspace, the PLASSF was a force purportedly designed to break stovepipes in the intelligence sharing and coordination departments of the different branches.[1]
On April 19, 2024, the Strategic Support Force was dissolved and split into three independent arms: the People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force, the People's Liberation Army Cyberspace Force and the People's Liberation Army Information Support Force.[2]