People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force

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information warfare force military branch

The People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force is a branch of China's military responsible for space, cyber, electronic, and information warfare operations.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Strategic Support Force 2
中国人民解放军战略支援部队 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf information warfare force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
allegiance Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
controls PLA cyber forces ⓘ
PLA electronic warfare forces ⓘ
space warfare command ⓘ
surface form: PLA space forces
country China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
dateFormed 2015-12-31 ⓘ
doctrineRole key force for winning informationized local wars ⓘ
pillar of China's strategic deterrence system ⓘ
era 21st century ⓘ
focusesOn defensive cyber operations ⓘ
integrated network and electronic warfare ⓘ
offensive cyber operations ⓘ
satellite communications support ⓘ
satellite navigation support ⓘ
space situational awareness ⓘ
space-based command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ⓘ
formedBy reorganization of existing PLA cyber units ⓘ
reorganization of existing PLA electronic warfare units ⓘ
reorganization of existing PLA space units ⓘ
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Network Systems Department ⓘ
Space Systems Department ⓘ
headquartersCountry China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
headquartersLocation Beijing ⓘ
mission ensure information dominance in warfare ⓘ
integrate space, cyber, and electronic warfare capabilities ⓘ
protect Chinese information infrastructure ⓘ
provide strategic information support to joint operations ⓘ
support strategic deterrence ⓘ
nativeName People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 中国人民解放军战略支援部队
nativeNameLanguage zh ⓘ
partOf People's Liberation Army ⓘ
role cyber operations ⓘ
electromagnetic spectrum operations ⓘ
electronic warfare ⓘ
information warfare ⓘ
network warfare ⓘ
psychological warfare ⓘ
satellite operations ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
space operations ⓘ
space-based reconnaissance ⓘ
shortName PLASSF ⓘ
SSF ⓘ
subordinateTo Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People's Liberation Army → cyberWarfareCapability → People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Support Force
People's Liberation Army → hasBranch → People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission → hasJurisdictionOver → People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ
PLA → hasPart → People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Liberation Army
PLA → militaryBranch → People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Liberation Army
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force → nativeName → People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 中国人民解放军战略支援部队
People's Liberation Army → spaceWarfareCapability → People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Support Force