People's Liberation Army Rocket Force

The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, formerly the Second Artillery Corps, is the strategic and tactical missile force of the People's Republic of China and the fourth branch of the People's Liberation Army. It manages China's arsenal of land-based ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles, both nuclear and conventional. The branch was established on 1 July 1966, made its first public appearance on 1 October 1984, and was renamed from the PLA Second Artillery Corps on 1 January 2016. Its headquarters for operations is at Qinghe, Beijing, and it is under the direct command of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission. It comprises more than 120,000 personnel and six ballistic missile bases, plus three support bases in charge of storage, engineering and training.