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Military of the People's Republic of China

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The Second Artillery Corps (SAC) is the strategic missile forces of the People's Republic of China. SAC is a major division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army that controls China's nuclear and conventional strategic missiles. China's total nuclear arsenal size is estimated to be between 100 and 400 nuclear weapons. The SAC is comprised of approximately 90,000-120,000 personnel and six ballistic missile divisions. The six divisions are independently deployed in different military regions. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Since the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949, the Military of the Peoples Republic of China has grown to include the active and reserve forces of the Peoples Liberation Army, the Peoples Liberation Army Navy, the Peoples Armed Police and the Militia... Image File history File links National_emblem_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China. ... Throughout the history of the Peoples Republic of China, the position that effectively reigned as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces changed from time to time. ... The Central Military Commission (Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) refers to one of two bodies within the Peoples Republic of China, either to the Central Military Commission of the Peoples Republic of China, a state organ, or the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party, a party organ. ... The military budget of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is the portion of the overall budget of China that is allocated for the funding of the military of the Peoples Republic of China. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Ground Forces of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) deploys over 8,000 tanks, 4,000 armored vehicles, and 25,000 artillery pieces. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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Peoples Liberation Army Special Operations Forces is the sub-branch of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Ground Force that specialises in rapid reaction combat in a limited regional war under high-tech conditions. ... The Peoples Armed Police Force (Abbreviation: PAP; Simplified Chinese: 人民武装警察部队; pinyin: Renmin wuzhuang jingcha budui) is a paramilitary police force primarily responsible for law enforcement within the Peoples Republic of China. ... Special Police Units (Abbreviation: SPU; Simplified Chinese: 特警队) are SWAT units of the Chinese Peoples Armed Police at the provincial and municipial level. ... The Snow Wolf Commando Unit (Abbreviation: SWCU; Simplified Chinese: 雪狼突击队) is a special police unit of the Peoples Republic of China (P.R.C.) tasked with counter-terrorism, riot control, and other special tasks such as anti-hijacking, and bomb disposal. ... 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The Guangzhou Military Region is a military administrative region located in the south of the Peoples Republic of China, covering Guangdong Province, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Hunan Province, Hubei Province, Hainan Province, Hong Kong, and Macao (Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan Military Districts and the Hong Kong and Macao... The Chengdu Military Region is a military administrative command located in the southwest of the Peoples Republic of China, covering Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Xizang/Tibet Autonomous Region. ... The Hong Kong Garrison of the Peoples Liberation Army entering Hong Kong for the first time in 1997. ... The Peoples Liberation Army has not always used ranks or insignia. ... The following graph presents the images, names, transliterations and equivalent ranks in the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Navy. ... 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The Second Artillery Corps was established on 1 July 1966 and made its first public appearance on 1 October 1984. The headquarters for operations is located at Qinghe. is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Active Strategic Missiles

ICBMs

• DF-5 - 24~36
• DF-31 - 8~12

The DF-5 is a 3 stage Chinese ICBM. It has a length 32. ... The Dong Feng 31 (a. ...

IRBM/MRBM

• DF-3A - 15~30
• DF-4 - 20
• DF-21 - 40~50

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the DF-3A represents Chinas main missile system. ... Dong Feng 4 is a two-stage Chinese medium-range missile with liquid fuel (Nitric acid/UDMH). ... The Dong-Feng 21 represents Chinas first solid-fuel land-based missile. ...

SRBM

• DF-11 - 600+
• DF-15 - 350+

The Dong-Feng 15 (a. ...

External links

• Second Artillery Corps on sinodefence.com
• Fas information on the SAC
• http://www.nti.org/db/china/sac.htm