People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force

People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
中国人民解放军战略支援部队
Emblem of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
Founded	31 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-31)
Disbanded	19 April 2024; 41 days ago (2024-04-19)
Country	People's Republic of China
Allegiance	Chinese Communist Party
Type	Space force Cyber force
Role	Space warfare Cyber warfare Electronic warfare Psychological warfare
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
Insignia
Badge
Sleeve insignia

People's Liberation Army
Executive departments
Central Military Commission Ministry of National Defense
Staff
Chairman of the CMC Joint Staff Department of the CMC Political Work Department of the CMC Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CMC
Services
Ground Force  Navy  Air Force Rocket Force
Arms
Aerospace Force Cyberspace Force Information Support Force Joint Logistics Support Force
Domestic troops
People's Armed Police China Coast Guard Militia Maritime Militia
Special operations force
PLA Special Operations Forces Special Police Unit of the PAP Snow Leopard Commando Unit Mountain Eagle Commando Unit
Military districts
Eastern Theater Command Southern Theater Command Western Theater Command Northern Theater Command Central Theater Command
History of the Chinese military
Military history of China
Military ranks of China
Ranks of the PLA Ground Force Ranks of the PLA Navy Ranks of the PLA Air 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.

With an aim to improve the army's ability to fight what China terms "informationized conflicts"^[a] 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]

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