Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Army is a new service of China People's Liberation Army. It was renamed from the Second Artillery Corps and was formally established in February 2005 at 365438+. It is a strategic support for China's status as a great power and an important cornerstone for safeguarding national security.
20 15 12 3 1 The Central Military Commission held a ceremony to officially name the Second Artillery Corps as "Rocket Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army" and awarded it a military flag. The Second Artillery Corps was also upgraded from the original strategic independent arms to independent services. From the "Second Artillery Corps" to the "Rocket Corps", this reflects the development course of China's nuclear power.
20 15 12 3 1, the inaugural meeting of the PLA Army Leading Body, the PLA Rocket Force and the China People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force was held in Bayi Building.
The mission of the establishment of the Rocket Army:
The Rocket Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is the core force of China's strategic deterrence, the strategic support for China's status as a great power and the important cornerstone for safeguarding national security. As a strategic force, the Rocket Force plays a strategic, overall, long-term and irreplaceable role in safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests.
All officers and men of the Rocket Force should grasp the functional orientation and mission of the Rocket Force, enhance credible and reliable nuclear deterrence and nuclear counterattack capabilities, strengthen the construction of medium-and long-range precision strike forces, enhance strategic checks and balances, and strive to build a powerful modern rocket force in accordance with the strategic requirements of both nuclear and conventional capabilities and global deterrence.
In the new era, in the great journey of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army, the officers and men of the Rocket Army swaggered, actively participated in the grand cause of strategic service transformation and leapfrogging, and made unremitting efforts to build a powerful modern rocket army.
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