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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.
Missile defense systems are a type of missile defense intended to shield a country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) or other ballistic missiles. The United States , Russia , India , France , Israel , Italy , United Kingdom , China and Iran have all developed missile defense systems.
China: Man-portable missile launcher improved from HJ-8. HJ-8: Anti-tank guided missile: 120mm China: HJ-73D: Anti-tank guided missile: 125mm China: Upgrade of the original HJ-73. Chinese development of the 9M14 Malyutka. Man-portable air-defense systems HN-5A/B: Man-portable air-defense system: 72 mm China: FN-6: Man-portable air-defense ...
The Pentagon's report for 2024 said Beijing is likely developing advanced missile systems "in part due to long-term concerns about United States missile defense capabilities."
The US military shot down a ballistic missile for the first time from Guam this week, marking a significant step toward strengthening defenses on the Pacific island well within reach of China's ...
Meanwhile, China had developed the HQ-9 system, believed to have partially borrowed some of the features on both Russian S-300 and US Patriot technology (fire control). This was China's first indigenous long-range high-performance air defense missile. This was installed on the 052C class warships.
A Coastal Defense Missile Force (CDMF) mobile missile regiment is a regiment leader grade unit. Each normally deploys 4 battalions, each with 4 batteries of missiles. Each battery is composed of 4 WS2X00 Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) vehicles with three missiles, and 1 command and control vehicle.
In 2008, during the development of the JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile, it was reported that China was considering modifying the missile to accommodate an anti-satellite warhead to give it a sea-based anti-satellite capability. [6] A 2016 US Congress report warns about China developing space weapons to destroy American satellites. [7]