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Title

  • The creation of the PLA Strategic Support Force and its implications for Chinese military space operations

Other Title

  • Creation of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force and its implications for Chinese military space operations

Summary

  • "This report explores the missions and organization of China's military space enterprise, focusing on the organizational structure of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Strategic Support Force (SSF). Created on December 31, 2015, as part of a major reorganization of China's military, the SSF is charged with developing and employing most of the PLA's space capabilities. Its creation signifies a shift in the PLA's prioritization of space and an increased role for PLA space capabilities. Chinese military strategists see military space capabilities and operations as a key component of strategic deterrence, critical to enabling the PLA to fight informatized local wars and counter U.S. military intervention in the region and essential for supporting operations aimed at protecting China's emerging interests in more-distant parts of the world. The main function of the SSF's space component appears to be the launch and operation of satellites to provide the PLA with command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. It appears that information warfare, including space warfare, long identified by PLA analysts as a critical element of future military operations, has entered a new phase of development in which an emphasis on space and information warfare, long-range precision strikes, and the requirements associated with conducting operations at greater distances from China has necessitated the establishment of a new and different type of organization."--Publisher's description.

Names

  • Pollpeter, Kevin, author
  • Chase, Michael, author
  • Heginbotham, Eric, author
  • China Aerospace Studies Institute (U.S.)
  • Project Air Force (U.S.), issuing body
  • Rand Corporation, publisher

Created / Published

  • Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2017]
  • ©2017

Headings

  • -  China.--Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun--Organization
  • -  Astronautics, Military--China
  • -  Information warfare--China

Notes

  • -  "Prepared for the United States Air Force."--Title page.
  • -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-45).
  • -  FA7014-16-D-1000
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource (xiv, 45 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • UA835

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024738779

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Pollpeter, Kevin, Author, Michael Chase, Eric Heginbotham, U.S China Aerospace Studies Institute, U.S Project Air Force, and Publisher Rand Corporation. The creation of the PLA Strategic Support Force and its implications for Chinese military space operations. [Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, ©, 2017] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024738779/.

APA citation style:

Pollpeter, K., Chase, M., Heginbotham, E., China Aerospace Studies Institute, U. S., Project Air Force, U. S. & Rand Corporation, P. (2017) The creation of the PLA Strategic Support Force and its implications for Chinese military space operations. [Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024738779/.

MLA citation style:

Pollpeter, Kevin, Author, et al. The creation of the PLA Strategic Support Force and its implications for Chinese military space operations. [Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, ©, 2017] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024738779/>.