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Chinese Military Reshuffle Carries Deep Significance

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02FEB2016 Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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China on Monday inaugurated the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) five new theater commands. The northern, southern, eastern, western and central theater commands replace the seven previous military area commands. The change from “military area command” to “theater command” carries more weight than the change from “seven” to “five.”

The essence of the theater commands is clear. The commands are prepared for combat and winning wars, about which the military and the public share a deep understanding. With such a military system, China’s peaceful development will be more serious and gain more respect from the outside.

It has been decades since the PLA was involved in a war. The outside world focuses more on the Dongfeng ballistic missile and the construction of aircraft carriers than about the military itself. The Chinese army has not made much impression on the world.

Perhaps some would prefer the Chinese military to keep a low profile, and it is even better that they advocate peace. The establishment of the five theater commands heralds a revolutionary change, highlighting the fundamentals of the military and the troops.

From now on, the strength of the Chinese military not only exists in historical documents or rests upon newly developed weapons, but also in its determination for victory and in its preparations.

The more powerful the PLA grows and the more capable it is of engaging in a war, the country will embrace a peaceful rise all the more. This will contribute to the nation’s peaceful rise, otherwise the outside world will only consider that peace is only our compulsory choice. If this happens, the peace of China and the world will face a dangerous future.

A major power will attract all kinds of opportunities for the world’s development and can share in global wealth distribution. But without corresponding military might, instability may brew. The security of a big power relates to the security of the whole world. That a big power is capable of fighting in a war but not obsessed in launching wars fits the common interests of all mankind.

Frankly speaking, the strength of the Chinese military can ensure the country is not intruded on by foreign troops, but it is not enough to promote fair competition and the evolution of order in a globalized era. Some external forces do not accept China’s rise. If such sentiments spread with military aid without restraint, it will hurt China’s security and world peace. There needs to be a tipping point where China is more secure, but how to find the tipping point is a subtle issue.

The Chinese military will shoulder heavier responsibilities in the future. China is close to the historical mission of a national rejuvenation. We are facing an unprecedented landscape, hopes and risks. The PLA will play a key role in helping the Chinese people pass the transition period smoothly and helping the world release some external grievances due to the power shifts of major countries.

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China Military Focus of Main Effort in Information Warfare: Electromagnetic Spectrum

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来源：解放军报作者：郝嘉 周宁 周任飞责任编辑：张硕

● electromagnetic spectrum owned by the state, is the core of strategic resources for national development, promote social progress

● direct support operations of the electromagnetic spectrum, is building computerized armed forces and winning the information war of the central nervous system

Soul of the information war: the electromagnetic spectrum

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Electromagnetic spectrum resources for humanity, as indispensable as water and sun. Information age, the electromagnetic spectrum is changing the world, changing the way people live

Core Tip

Electromagnetic spectrum exists in war by land, sea, air, space the whole time and space, is the only ideal medium capable of supporting mobile operations, decentralized operations and high intensity warfare. Important support elements of the electromagnetic spectrum management as joint operations, throughout the operational readiness, operational planning, operational implementation of the entire process, the role of command and control, intelligence and reconnaissance, weapons guidance, early warning and detection, navigation and other operational elements of the whole, is to improve the combat Important basic capabilities directly related weapons and equipment play information Operational Effectiveness.

Electromagnetic spectrum Past and Present

The physical world there is such a strange phenomenon, alternating current generated in the surrounding space alternating magnetic field, electric field and magnetic field variations mutual contacts to form an alternating electromagnetic field, and can spread from the wave source which produces the distance, this planted in the space at a constant speed of alternating electromagnetic field propagation is electromagnetic waves.

Electromagnetic spectrum, it is by electromagnetic waves lined up according to wavelength or frequency, a formed structure from zero to infinity pedigree, which 0-3000 gigahertz frequency range of radio waves.

Back in October 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the American continent. However, the future Queen of Spain, six months before he heard the news, unfortunately sudden and devastating. April 14, 1865, US President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 13 days after the news spread was known industry’s most advanced British government, coping strategies are overtaken by events. Electromagnetic time unknown, human nature can not enjoy its magic.

In 1888, German physicist Hertz experiment is successful, humans finally touch the existence of electromagnetic waves. In 1901, as the “father of radio” Marconi trans-Atlantic radio communication test is successful, humanity has entered the era of electromagnetic radio communications sweeping the globe. In 1912, after the Titanic wreck, the United Kingdom, the United States and other maritime powers mandatory over a certain tonnage of the vessel must be installed radio stations, in order to protect the safety of life at sea. During World War I, the war all the major powers use radio communication to pass information and commands.

Since then, radio broadcasting, navigation, remote after another, to the development and progress of human society has brought great changes. Electromagnetic wave as an important carrier of information transmission, dash in land, sea, air, space four-dimensional space, accelerate the coming of the information age.

●电磁频谱属于国家所有，是促进国家发展、推动社会进步的核心战略资源

●电磁频谱直接支撑作战，是建设信息化军队、打赢信息化战争的中枢神经

电磁频谱：信息化战争之魂

电磁频谱资源对人类的影响，就像水和太阳一样不可或缺。信息时代，电磁频谱正在改变世界，改变人们的生活方式。（图片合成：胡亚军）

核心提示

电磁频谱存在于陆、海、空、天的作战全时空，是唯一能够支持机动作战、分散作战和高强度作战的理想媒介。电磁频谱管理作为联合作战的重要保障要素，贯穿于作战准备、作战筹划、作战实施的全过程，作用于指挥控制、情报侦察、武器制导、预警探测、导航定位等作战全要素，是提高体系作战能力的重要基础，直接关系信息化武器装备作战效能的发挥。

电磁频谱的前世今生

物理世界有这样一种奇特的现象，交变电流在周围空间会产生交变磁场，变化的电场和磁场相互联系，形成了交变的电磁场，并能脱离其产生的波源向远处传播，这种在空间以一定速度传播的交变电磁场就是电磁波。

电磁频谱，则是由电磁波按波长或频率排列起来，所形成的一个从零至无穷的结构谱系，其中0－3000吉赫兹频率范围为无线电波。

时间回到1492年10月，哥伦布发现了美洲大陆。然而，西班牙王后半年以后才得知这一消息，遗憾顿生。1865年4月14日，美国总统林肯惨遭暗杀，消息13天后才传到当时号称工业最为先进的英国政府，应对策略也时过境迁。电磁波那时不为人知，人类自然无法享受到它的神奇力量。

1888年，德国物理学家赫兹实验成功，人类终于触摸到电磁波的存在。1901年，随着“无线电之父”马可尼跨越大西洋的无线电通信试验成功，人类进入了电磁时代，无线电通讯席卷全球。1912年，泰坦尼克号失事后，英国、美国等航海大国强制规定，超过一定吨位的船只必须加装无线电台，以保障海上航行生命安全。在第一次世界大战期间，所有参战的大国都使用无线电通信传递情报和命令。

此后，无线电的广播、导航、遥控相继出现，给人类社会的发展进步带来了巨大变化。电磁波作为信息传递的重要载体，纵横驰骋在陆、海、空、天四维空间，加速了信息时代的到来。

Electromagnetic spectrum is a national resource strategy

Electromagnetic spectrum is the only human transmission of information over wireless media, owned by the state, land, forest, mineral and other resources, as it is both a scarce natural resource in the areas of economic development, national defense and social life indispensable , irreplaceable core strategic resources.

At present, humans can use the radio spectrum in the 275 gigahertz or less, mainly concentrated in the range of 30 Hz to 40 gigahertz, but most are in the 3 gigahertz or less, high-quality resources is extremely limited.Therefore, the world has become intense competition for them.

Frequency satellite orbit resources, for example, known as the 80% share of the “golden navigation frequency”, the US GPS and Russian GLONASS navigation system first to seize the countries in the world have to compete for the remaining resources.

Electromagnetic spectrum is widely used in the economic, military and other fields, combined with the scarcity of resources prominent contradictions, it gradually from the back to the front, electromagnetic space and the game become the world compete for important battlefield.

Each year, the US President issued specifically concerning electromagnetic spectrum “presidential memorandum”, leading the electromagnetic spectrum policy and national army. The British government published its “21st Century Spectrum Management” white paper, clearly the introduction of spectrum pricing, spectrum auction, spectrum trading and other means to encourage the efficient use of spectrum resources development and new technologies.

The study reports that the electromagnetic spectrum can contribute each year to 3-5 percent of the total national economy. From 1995 to 2011, the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries for the development of the third and fourth generation mobile communication network, spectrum auction value of $ 130 billion. Russia, France, Germany, Japan, Australia and other countries competing to improve the relevant laws and regulations, maintain the electromagnetic spectrum space to maximize their national interests, strongly promote the electromagnetic spectrum resources market and internationalization.

Manage electromagnetic space “traffic light”

Although the electromagnetic spectrum is present in the natural space, invisible, but it does not mean that the State, organizations and individuals are free to use occupied.

With modern urban traffic management have great similarities, at the technical level, the electromagnetic frequency spectrum management major from, space, time three-dimensional expansion, which is vividly called electromagnetic space “traffic lights.”

Currently, the international scope of the electromagnetic spectrum management mainly through the establishment of an international organization, signed an international agreement to allocate spectrum to resolve unified. States also set up frequency spectrum management and monitoring of the site, and to divide the spectrum resource use.

According to statistics, a US infantry division of about 70 radar, radio station 2800, a Russian motorized infantry division of about 60 radar, radio station 2040 to ensure so much electronic equipment to work smoothly, you need a strong power and spectrum management mechanism. After the baptism of several local wars, the US military high command from the field to have a specialized division of spectrum management agencies from the Department of Defense, the Joint Staff to the armed services, has established a complete set of joint campaign spectrum management system, formed a mature management mechanism.

According to the US Army website reported, the United States developed a new Joint Tactical Radio System, which contains the spectrum defragmentation technology, is not a continuous spectrum of debris re-polymerization, to achieve the integration of resources to meet the needs of purpose. European development of the “Spectrum pool” technology, but also the integration of free spectrum resource collection, and dynamically allocated based on customer needs, improve efficiency in the use of the spectrum.

Now, the world’s major countries are seeking to develop spectrum sharing technology, without changing the existing spectrum allocation rules, through technical analysis tools simulate actual combination, so that different systems can share the same frequency band compatible. In addition, many countries and organizations through the use of advanced signal transmission technology, using a frequency equipment to improve the level of technology, and other means to control the transmission frequency, both to avoid the deterioration of the electromagnetic environment, but also to achieve efficient use of spectrum.

“The 21st century will be the era of the spectrum war”

Traditional air and sea superiority play, must be based on the electromagnetic advantage, losing electromagnetic power, will lose control of the air, sea control, electromagnetic space and space has become, ground and ocean coexistence fourth dimension battlefield. It can be said that the future of information warfare, who won the electromagnetic power, grasps the initiative on the battlefield. Former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Thomas Muller said: “If a third world war, the winner will be the most adept at controlling the use of the electromagnetic spectrum and the party.”

Faced with escalating competition in the world of the electromagnetic spectrum, the US military has issued a joint spectrum vision, strategic planning and the Department of Defense Spectrum “Spectrum war” and other top-level strategic guidance documents, and to take away from the crowded band, the development of high-end spectrum, etc., developed microwave , laser, electromagnetic pulse weapons, etc., to actively seize the spectrum.British forces widely promote the use of intelligent and efficient radio modulation techniques to improve spectrum utilization efficiency of a wireless communication system.

In order to obtain the advantages of the spectrum in the future information warfare, Europe and the United States armed forces through the establishment of specialized agencies electromagnetic compatibility, the use of advanced simulation techniques to develop quality indicators management system, develop joint spectrum management system, etc., to improve battlefield electromagnetic spectrum management capabilities.

In recent years, cognitive radio, dynamic spectrum sensing, frequency control simulation deduction, emerging electromagnetic environmental adaptability analysis of new technologies, to the military electromagnetic spectrum management development has brought great opportunities and challenges. Experts predict that the future will share a common electromagnetic spectrum management towards spectrum resources, spectrum efficiency analysis and refinement of embedded dynamic spectrum management, direction and progress.

电磁频谱是一个国家的战略资源

电磁频谱是目前人类唯一理想的无线信息传输媒介，属于国家所有，与土地、森林、矿藏等资源一样，它既是一种稀缺的自然资源，也是经济发展、国防建设和社会生活各领域不可或缺、无法替代的核心战略资源。

目前，人类能够利用的无线电频谱在275吉赫兹以下，主要集中在30赫兹至40吉赫兹范围内，而且绝大部分是在3吉赫兹以下，优质资源极其有限。因此，世界各国对其争夺已经趋于白热化。

以卫星频率轨道资源为例，被誉为“黄金导航频率”80%的份额，被美国GPS和俄罗斯格洛纳斯导航系统率先抢占，世界各国不得不争夺剩余资源。

电磁频谱在经济、军事等领域的广泛应用，加之资源紧缺的突出矛盾，使其逐渐从后台走向前台，电磁空间成为世界各国争夺和博弈的重要战场。

每年，美国总统专门发表事关电磁频谱的《总统备忘录》，主导国家和军队的电磁频谱政策。英国政府在其发布的《21世纪的频谱管理》白皮书中，明确提出引入频谱定价、频谱拍卖、频谱贸易等手段，激励频谱资源的高效利用和新技术的研发。

有关研究报告表明，电磁频谱每年可为国家经济总量贡献3至5个百分点。1995年至2011年，美、英、法、德等国家，为发展第三、第四代移动通信网，所拍卖的频谱价值高达1300多亿美元。俄、法、德、日、澳等国家竞相完善相关法规，最大限度地维护本国的电磁频谱空间利益，极力推进电磁频谱资源市场化和国际化。

管好电磁空间的“红绿灯”

电磁频谱虽然是存在于自然空间，看不见摸不着，但并不意味着国家、组织和个人可以随意使用侵占。

同现代城市交通管理有很大的相似之处，在技术层面上，电磁频谱管理主要从频率、空间、时间三维展开，这也被形象地称为电磁空间的“红绿灯”。

目前，国际范围的电磁频谱管理主要是通过建立国际组织、签订国际协议、统一划分频谱来解决。各国也设立了频谱管理部门和监测站点，对频谱资源进行划分和使用。

据统计，美军一个步兵师约有70部雷达、2800部电台，俄罗斯一个摩托化步兵师约有60部雷达、2040部电台，保证如此多的电子装备有条不紊地工作，需要强大的频谱管理力量和机制。经过几次局部战争的洗礼后，美军从统帅部到野战师都设有专门的频谱管理机构，从国防部、联合参谋部到各军兵种，都建立了一整套完整的联合战役频谱管理体系，形成了成熟的管理机制。

根据美国陆军网站报道，美国研发的新型联合战术无线电系统，其中包含了频谱碎片整理技术，就是将不连续的频谱碎片重新聚合，实现整合资源、满足需求的目的。欧洲开发的“频谱池”技术，也是将空闲频谱资源收集整合，并根据用户需求进行动态分配，提高频谱的使用效益。

现在，世界主要国家都在大力发展频谱共享技术，在不改变现有的频谱分配规则下，通过仿真实测相结合的技术分析手段，使不同系统能够在同一频段兼容共用。此外，很多国家和组织通过采用先进信号传输技术、提高用频设备工艺水平、控制发射频率等手段，既避免了电磁环境的恶化，也实现频谱的高效利用。

“21世纪将是频谱战的时代”

传统海空优势的发挥，必须建立在电磁优势的基础上，失去制电磁权，必将失去制空权、制海权，电磁空间已成为与空间、地面和海洋并存的第四维战场。可以说，未来信息化作战，谁赢得了制电磁权，谁就掌握了战场主动权。美国前参谋长联席会议主席托马斯·穆勒曾说：“如果发生第三次世界大战，获胜者必将是最善于控制和运用电磁频谱的一方。”

面对世界范围内电磁频谱竞争的不断升级，美军先后出台联合频谱构想、国防部频谱战略规划以及“频谱战”战略等顶层指导文件，并采取避开拥挤频段、开发高端频谱等方式，研发微波、激光、电磁脉冲等武器装备，积极抢占频谱资源。英国在部队中广泛推广使用智能无线电和高效调制技术，提升无线通信系统的频谱使用效率。

为在未来信息作战中获得频谱优势，欧美等国军队还通过成立专门电磁兼容机构、采用先进仿真技术手段、制定质量指标管理体系、开发联合频谱管理系统等方式，提高战场电磁频谱管理能力。

近年来，随着认知无线电、动态频谱感知、频管仿真推演、电磁环境适应性分析等新技术的不断涌现，给军队电磁频谱管理发展带来了巨大机遇和挑战。专家预计，未来电磁频谱管理将朝着频谱资源共享共用、精细化频谱效能分析和频谱动态嵌入式管理等方向不断进步。

Classic examples of the electromagnetic spectrum

In 1914, the US Navy Atlantic Fleet in the first trial under the state of war radio communication equipment, results strongly spark near neighbor ship transmitters interference interrupt all radio communication, the participants had to make time allocation plan, assigned to the United States for two hours domestic radio transmitter, the other four countries 1 hour each. Thus, the Washington-based headquarters to an interval of 4 hours to its armed forces on the battlefield contact again.

In 1967, the US “Forrestal” aircraft carrier in the implementation of a particular military mission, carrier F-4 “Phantom” fighter ship radar beam is irradiated by the interference, the aircraft hanging space rocket was accidentally fired ignition, hit ship an a-4 “Skyhawk” attack aircraft fuel tank, causing a chain explosion, causing heavy casualties.

April 1980, the US Joint Task Force and local school Rangers joint implementation embassy hostage rescue mission in Iraq. In its way to evacuate due to a communication device and the Rangers are not compatible with the frequent collaboration errors, resulting in a helicopter and transport aircraft collided, eight commandos were burned to death and four serious burns.

May 4, 1982, the Falklands War, the British naval weapon known as a symbol and pride of the fleet, “Sheffield” cruiser by satellite communication and radar systems are not compatible, can only start work in turn, the result was Argentina “Super flag “aircraft launched the” flying fish “missile sunk.

June 9, 1982, the fifth Middle East war, Israel intercepted prior use of the Syrian army radar and “Sam” spectral parameters of the missile launch, just 6 minutes will be stationed in the Bekaa Valley which cost $ 2 billion in 19 “Sam” air defense missile sites completely destroyed. In the next two days of combat, Israeli fighter planes and electronic jamming aircraft with combat, created a miracle in the history of air combat.

After April 21, 1996, the Russian war in Chechnya, the hunting group through special electronic warfare, electronic signal war zone to collect, monitor, cell phone signal reconnaissance to Dudayev, was analyzed to confirm, and lock the phone signal coordinate system, cruise warplanes fired missiles on Dudayev was “targeted killings.”

May 2011, the US Navy Seals and Special Air Service regiment battle the implementation of “Neptune Spear” initiative. SEALs use of “Land Warrior” soldier system, and joint operations center for situation analysis and sharing of intelligence, special operations group UAV crew via satellite communication system commando operations return the White House and the Pentagon. Throughout its action, the US military weapons systems use spectrum resources covering all channels, in just 40 minutes, successfully kill Osama bin Laden.

1914年，美国海军大西洋舰队首次在战争状态下试验无线电通信设备，结果附近友邻舰艇发射机产生的强烈火花干扰中断了所有无线电通信，参加者不得不作出时间分配计划，分配2小时给美国对国内进行无线电发射，其他4个国家各1小时。这样，设在华盛顿的总部要间隔4小时才能与它在战场上的武装力量联络一次。

1967年，美军“福莱斯特”航母在执行某次军事任务时，舰载F-4“鬼怪”式战机受该舰雷达波束照射干扰，飞机悬挂的空地火箭弹被意外点火发射，击中舰上1架A-4“天鹰”式攻击机的副油箱，导致一系列连锁爆炸，造成重大伤亡。

1980年4月，美派联合特遣部队和当地别动队共同执行营救驻伊大使馆人质任务。在其撤离途中，由于和别动队的通信设备互不兼容，用频协同失误，造成1架直升机与运输机相撞，8名突击队员被烧死，4人严重烧伤。

1982年5月4日，英阿马岛之战，号称英海战利器和舰队骄傲象征的“谢菲尔德”号巡洋舰因卫星通信和雷达系统互不兼容，只能轮流开机工作，结果被阿根廷“超级军旗”飞机发射的“飞鱼”式导弹击沉。

1982年6月9日，第五次中东战争，以色列利用事先截获的叙利亚军队雷达和“萨姆”导弹发射的频谱参数，仅用6分钟就将其驻守在贝卡谷地的耗资20亿美元的19个“萨姆”防空导弹阵地彻底摧毁。在其后两天的空战中，以色列战斗机配合预警机和电子干扰机作战，创造了空战史上的奇迹。

1996年4月21日，俄罗斯在车臣战争中，通过特种电子战猎杀小组，对战区内的电子信号进行收集、监听，侦察到杜达耶夫的手机信号，进行分析确认后，锁定手机信号坐标，利用巡航战机发射导弹，对杜达耶夫进行了“定点清除”。

2011年5月，美军海豹突击队和特战空勤团实施“海王星之矛”行动。海豹突击队采用“陆地勇士”单兵系统，与联合行动中心进行态势分析和情报共享，特战空勤团无人机通过卫星通信系统将突击队行动回传白宫和五角大楼。整个行动过程，美军使用的武器系统频谱资源涵盖全频道，仅用时40分钟，便成功击杀本·拉登。

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Chinese Military Focus on Future Innovation-driven Development & Competition Seize Strategic High Ground

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By An Weiping

Source: 2015年12月29   来源：解放军报

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The use of “Internet +” to create a new quality of thinking and fighting

Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Reform Work Conference, to focus on the future military competition to seize the strategic high ground, give full play to the role of innovation-driven development, cultivate new growth point of fighting. At present, China is the depth of promoting the “Internet +” action plan, which is the development trend of the Internet era of profound insight and wisdom to cope. Its essence is to promote the Internet, cloud computing, big data, networking integration and innovation as the representative of information technology and traditional industries, create new productivity. And viewed from the military point of view, the “Internet +” concept of thinking is also important for military innovation, foster new growth point fighting. But the military use of “Internet +”, not simply on the Internet “+” on, but in the military field dedicated “cyberspace” a “+”, and the use of “Internet +” thinking and a new generation of information technology, the establishment of improve the database, by fast and efficient flow of accurate data to improve reconnaissance, command and control, battlefield mobility, firepower, integrated security and information protection, and combat capability, to achieve accurate and timely release of aggregation and the overall combat effectiveness, thus creating adaptation of information technology The new mass combat operations.

“Internet” + target characteristic data, real-time sensing reconnaissance intelligence. Real-time reconnaissance capability is perceived to reach the battlefield transparent, seize the basis and key information superiority.Internet biggest feature is the remote control into the remote “touch” to achieve a seamless link between the sensor and processor, unimpeded access to battlefield information, real-time sensing reconnaissance intelligence. But the actual combat operations, the target is characterized by continuous change, if the lack of accurate target feature “full-dimensional” data, it is difficult to analyze, contrast, identify mass, low-density value of battlefield data, dig out the real and effective information, to achieve timely and accurate perception reconnaissance intelligence. Therefore, we should fully learn the “Internet +” big data analysis model, relying on accurate battlefield information and intelligence center to build, multi-dimensional and dynamic characteristics of the target database to database for support, fast and accurate analysis judged the enemy goal. “Accurate”, refers to a database of all the characteristics of the target data must be true, valuable information and data, can accurately reflect the different characteristics of the target property. “Multi-dimensional” refers to the use of land, sea, air, space, power and other means to obtain the same objective, the different nature of intelligence data and get the target from different angles appearance characteristics, as well as electromagnetic, infrared, and other information; “Dynamic “it refers to adapt to changes in weaponry and other targets, timely reconnaissance target feature information, the first perfect time to update the database, ensure that you always maintain a high accuracy of the data. Relying on the target database should also be characterized by the establishment of operational data analysis model, through the “cloud” on the large amount of data collection operations analysis of intelligence information to accurately determine and predict the enhanced situational awareness and decision support capabilities.

“Internet” + information system integration, to achieve accurate and efficient command and control. Accurate and efficient command and control capability is based on the core information system operational capability.Cyberspace so that all branches of the military combat information systems to achieve remote, synchronous, interactive connection, the commander combat global real-time grasp and mastery of the battlefield situation, belongs to all levels of command elements, each combat unit dynamic and effective action to implement the regulation. Integration must take an integrated approach, different branches of the military, information from different professions, different levels of system integration and other construction. First, functional integration, an integrated command platform, based on the relevant member information systems transformation, embedded sharing member, according to a unified configuration and management strategies, ensemble having interoperability integrated command and control system to ensure that all military branches, interrelated levels of command, synchronous interaction, information exchange command job sharing. Second, the system hinges primarily by branches of engineering and technical specifications according to a unified organization and implementation, through changing, modified (making) the existing command and control system, improve the various branches of the military command and control systems, enhancements and weapons platforms “hinge” capability . Third, data fusion, through a unified data format or data format conversion, data integration between branches Information System.

“Internet” + geographical information, fast place battlefield maneuvers.The essence of battlefield mobility, capacity utilization is decisive and overwhelming operational tempo seize the target location advantage. This requires full-dimensional perception by battlefield battlefield information system geographical information such day or night, we are well aware of how to maneuver the entire road, what factors affect mobility, in order to select the best motor route, timing and fast way to place . The rapid development of Internet intelligent navigation system, real-time provides a convenient quick and precise maneuvering. Therefore, to refer to the “Internet +” geographic information system, the establishment of geographic information as soon as military combat support systems, building geographic information database, and continuously enrich and perfect meteorological, hydrological and other data and road information and data information via satellite data links, etc. Real-time application queries and automatically senses the change, so that regional operational commanders real-time control, the rapid set-motorized determination, commanding troops quickly arrived combat area, to seize the fleeting fighters fighting to win the initiative.

“Internet” + Detective play commentary system, the rapid reaction accurate firepower. The condition of information warfare biggest feature is the “information-led firepower battle,” Internet interconnection links are distributed to the effective integration of various weapons platforms, network-based firepower systems possible. But rapid reaction precision firepower and damage the effectiveness of the play, is an investigation, control, play, commentary closed circuit, the need to establish a body blow interconnected system, like “Internet” + taxi, a “Didi taxi” system software, can be the first to discover and pinpoint the user application, and then through the analysis of user needs, while according to the position information of the vehicle to determine who carried out the service, and the fastest way to push information to the user service vehicles, service vehicles last feedback, to complete the service process. Similarly, the rapid response fire precision strike, the urgent need to establish a “play Detective Comment on” one of the firepower system, surveillance systems, decision systems, control systems, sensor fusion interconnected, so that the data flow and operational processes and seamlessly links mutual drive, always monitor the target information and firepower cell information, a substantial increase in the ability to extract data from the mass targeted; the same time through real-time information exchange, sensor control, task allocation plan and fire damage assessment, greatly reducing identify the target, targeted, target and damage assessment time, effectively improve the dynamic ability to strike targets, found that the anti-forming ability of the best mode.

“Internet” + Things security system, to achieve timely and accurate comprehensive security. Accurate and timely comprehensive support, is adaptive, intelligent means to reach at the desired time and place to provide timely and accurate combat all kinds of resources needed. The adaptive, intelligent, must establish an integrated management and control, integrated transportation security system of things together, things like relying on the development of Internet technology, the Internet and radio frequency identification, infrared sensors, global positioning systems, laser scanning technology, achieve mutual connection between anything, and through the exchange of information and communication, positioning, tracking, monitoring and precise management. Therefore, we should actively learn things the idea, and establishing information under combat conditions was associated support systems, integrated use of two-dimensional bar code, electronic tags, automatic identification technology, real-time monitoring and access to supply battle group team strength, guarantee supplies storage and consumption of dynamic information, accurately grasp logistical needs and resources, timely and accurate to the command structure at all levels, to provide comprehensive support group team information security needs. By precise control of the security resources to achieve transparent visualization controllable security process and improve efficiency battlefield support, logistical support adaptive capacity.

“Internet” + preset encrypted information, information protection security control. Effective delivery system based on the combat capability of information systems, data security depends combat controllable. As a result of the “Internet +” and bring the system vulnerability and threats and attacks from internal, external, so that security issues in information systems is very prominent. Therefore for the ever-changing battlefield, the effective implementation of dynamic data encryption. For example, by installing a micro-channel information encryption software that can encrypt messages on demand, voice, video and other information; another example, the terminal end smartphone encryption, anti-eavesdropping technology and SMS encryption and other network information security technology has gradually applied.Therefore, we should make full use of information technology, Internet security, cyberspace whole process of the implementation of dynamic encryption to ensure the confidentiality of information transmission, to ensure the integrity and non-repudiation of the information, communication channel resistance may be active or passive attacks. On the one hand “hard encryption”, and vigorously develop the user terminal installation of secrecy or confidentiality card machine; on the other hand is “soft encryption”, the development of intelligent terminal encryption software, use dynamic encryption algorithm, encrypted instant messages.

Original Mandarin Chinese:

习主席在中央军委改革工作会议上提出，要着眼于抢占未来军事竞争战略制高点，充分发挥创新驱动发展作用，培育战斗力新的增长点。当前，我国正在深度推进“互联网+”行动计划，这是对互联网时代发展潮流的深刻洞察和智慧因应。其实质就是促进以互联网、云计算、大数据、物联网为代表的信息技术与传统产业的融合创新，打造新的生产力。而从军事角度观察，“互联网+”思维理念对于军事创新，培育新的战斗力增长点同样重要。但军事领域运用“互联网+”，不是简单地在互联网上“+”，而是在军事领域专用的“网络空间”上进行“+”，并运用“互联网+”思维和新一代信息技术，建立完善的数据库，通过精准数据的快速高效流动，提高侦察情报、指挥控制、战场机动、火力打击、综合保障和信息防护等作战能力，达成整体作战效能的聚集和准确及时释放，进而打造适应信息化作战的新质战斗力。

“互联网”+目标特征数据，实现侦察情报的实时感知。实时感知的侦察能力是达成战场透明，夺取信息优势的基础和关键。互联网最大的特点就是将远程控制变为远程“触觉”，实现传感器与处理器间无缝链接，畅通战场信息获取渠道，实现侦察情报的实时感知。但实际作战行动中，目标特征是连续不断变化的，如果缺少目标特征准确的“全维”数据，就难以在海量的、价值密度低的战场数据中进行分析、对比、识别，挖掘出真实有效的信息，实现侦察情报的及时准确感知。为此，应充分借鉴“互联网+”大数据分析模式，依托战场信息情报中心构建准确、多维、动态的目标特征数据库，以数据库作支撑，快速准确分析研判敌情目标。“准确”，是指数据库中的所有目标特征数据必须是真实、有价值的信息数据，能够准确反映目标的不同属性特征。“多维”，是指运用陆、海、空、天、电等多种手段获取同类目标、不同性质的情报数据信息，并从不同角度获得目标的外观特征，以及电磁、红外等信息；“动态”，是指适应武器装备等目标的发展变化，及时侦搜目标特征信息，第一时间更新完善数据库，确保始终保持较高的数据精确度。同时应依托目标特征数据库建立作战数据分析模型，通过“云技术”对大量数据集合进行作战分析，对情报信息进行准确判断和预测，增强战场感知和辅助决策能力。

“互联网”+信息系统融合，实现指挥控制的精准高效。精准高效的指挥控制能力是基于信息系统作战能力的核心。网络空间使各个军兵种作战信息系统实现异地、同步、交互连接，指挥员可实时把握作战全局和掌握战场情况，对所属各级指挥要素、各个作战单元行动实施动态有效调控。必须采取综合集成的方式，进行不同军兵种、不同专业、不同层次等系统的信息融合建设。一是功能整合，以一体化指挥平台为基础，对相关信息系统进行构件化改造，嵌入共用功能构件，按照统一的配置和管理策略，组合集成为具有互操作能力的一体化指控系统，确保各军兵种、各级指挥相互衔接、同步互动，指挥作业信息互通共享。二是系统铰链，主要由各军兵种按照统一的工程技术规范组织实施，通过换装、改装（造）现有指挥控制系统，完善各军兵种指挥控制系统，增强与武器平台的“铰链”能力。三是数据融合，通过统一的数据格式或数据格式转换，实现军兵种间信息系统的数据融合。

“互联网”+地理环境信息，实现战场机动的快速到位。战场机动的实质，是利用决定性和压倒性作战节奏夺占目标位置优势的能力。这就需要通过全维战场信息系统感知战场地理环境信息，使得无论白天还是黑夜，都清楚知道机动全程路况怎么样、影响机动的因素有哪些，从而选择最佳的机动路线、时机、方式快速到位。互联网智能导航系统的迅速发展，为实时快速精确机动提供了便利。因此，要借鉴“互联网+”地理信息系统方式，尽快建立军事地理信息作战保障系统，构建地理信息基础数据库，不断充实完善气象、水文以及道路等数据信息，并通过卫星、数据链等实现数据信息的实时申请查询和变化自动感知，使指挥员实时掌握作战地域情况、快速定下机动决心，指挥部队快速抵达作战地域，抓住稍纵即逝的战机，赢得作战主动权。

“互联网”+侦控打评系统，实现火力打击的快反精确。信息化条件作战最大的特征就是“信息主导、火力主战”，互联网的互联互通为有效融合链接分散配置的各个武器平台，实现火力打击系统的网络化提供了可能。但火力打击的快反精确以及毁伤效能的发挥，是一个侦、控、打、评的闭合回路，需要建立互联一体的打击系统，就像“互联网”+出租车，出现“滴滴打车”系统软件一样，能够第一时间发现和准确锁定用户申请，然后通过分析用户需求，同时根据车辆的位置信息，确定由谁进行服务，并以最快的方式将用户信息推送至服务车辆，最后服务车辆进行反馈，完成整个服务过程。同样，实现火力精确打击的快速反应，亟须建立“侦控打评”一体的火力打击系统，将侦察系统、决策系统、控制系统、传感器进行互联融合，使数据流程与作战流程无缝链接并相互驱动，随时监控目标信息和火力单元信息，大幅提高从海量数据中提取锁定目标的能力；同时通过实时的信息交互、传感器控制、任务计划分配以及火力毁伤评估，大大缩短识别目标、锁定目标、攻击目标和毁伤评估时间，有效提高对动态目标的打击能力，形成发现即打击的最佳能力模式。

“互联网”+物联保障系统，实现综合保障的及时准确。准确及时的综合保障，就是以自适应、智能化的手段，达成在需要的时间、地点及时准确提供作战所需的各类资源。而实现自适应、智能化，必须建立综合管控、综合调运的物联保障系统，就像依托互联网技术发展的物联网，通过互联网以及射频识别、红外感应器、全球定位系统、激光扫描等技术，实现了任何物品间的相互连接，并通过信息交换和通信、定位、跟踪，实现精确的监控和管理。为此，应积极借鉴物联网的理念，建立适应信息化条件下作战的物联保障系统，综合运用二维条码、电子标签、自动识别等技术，实时监测和获取作战群队供应实力、保障物资的存储量及消耗等动态信息，准确掌握后勤保障需求和资源，及时准确向各级指挥机构、综合保障群队提供保障需求信息。通过对保障资源的精确控制，实现保障过程的透明可视可控，提高战场保障效益，实现自适应的后勤保障能力。

“互联网”+信息预置加密，实现信息防护的安全可控。基于信息系统的体系作战能力的有效释放，有赖于作战数据信息的安全可控。由于采用“互联网+”而带来的系统脆弱性和来自内、外部的各种威胁和攻击，使得安全问题在信息系统中十分突出。因此要针对瞬息万变的战场，对数据实施动态有效的信息加密。比如，微信通过安装一种信息加密软件，可以实现对短信、语音、视频等信息的按需加密；再比如，智能手机终端的端到端加密、防窃听技术和短信加密等网络信息安全技术已逐渐得到应用。为此，应充分借助互联网安全信息技术，对网络空间实施全过程的动态加密，保证信息传输的保密性，确保信息的完整性和不可抵赖性，抵抗对通信通道可能的主动或被动攻击。一方面要“硬加密”，大力开发用户终端加装保密卡或保密机；另一方面是“软加密”，开发智能终端加密软件，使用动态加密算法，实现信息的即时加密。

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China PLA General An Weiping: Developing Asymetric & Cyber Forces A Requirement for Winning

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By Major General An Weiping, Deputy Chinese Army Commander of the PLA 16th Group Army

China’s new-type combat forces have developed rapidly in the past five years with great achievements, but we still lag far behind world military powers in that regard.

Going forward, the construction of new-type combat forces is of critical importance. China should focus on fostering advanced forces and means that are essential for us to seize the high ground in military competition and win information-based battles, and improve our combat capacity through leapfrog development.

New-type combat forces are the important source that leads military reform

Considering the development of the form of warfare, we should have a clear idea of the position and role of new-type combat forces.

First, it is a sharp weapon to win future warfare. The world history of military development shows us that new-type combat forces always decide the outcome of wars with “intergenerational” advantages.

Today, the U.S. and Russia still insist on the path of high-end technological advantages and emphasize the possession of strategic advantages over rivals. This tells us that whoever takes a preemptive step in fostering new-type combat forces will establish winning advantages in the war.

Second, it is the supportive force that pushes tactical innovation. New-type combat forces are a relative term that carries the characteristics of the time. It not only refers to the latest military practices in each period, but also directly drives tactical innovation.

From the famous theories on air/sea supremacy in military history to theories on blitzkrieg and firefight and to today’s air-sea integrated operations, precise and fast operations, cyberspace warfare and long-distance coordinated operations, they have all experienced the same process from emergence to development. The appearance of every tactical theory is backed by corresponding new-type combat forces.

Third, it is an important source that leads the military reform. With special combat mechanism, unique fighting efficiency and brand new fighting approaches, new-type combat forces are the vanguards that push the military reform.

We shall establish advantages featuring “we have what the enemy has not, we excel in what the enemy has”.

The several recent local warfare has proven that “all-domain, long-distance, integrated and precise” have become the typical features of combats in information-based conditions. To adapt to the needs of future warfare, we shall accelerate the construction of a range of new-type combat forces and establish advantages featuring “we have what the enemy has not, we excel in what the enemy has”.

We shall reinforce the aerospace early warning forces. Seizing the room for aerospace combat is not only an effective means to ensure a transparent status on the battlefield, but also an important way of forming relative advantages.

Based on our military aerospace weapon and reconnaissance satellites operating in the space, we shall form the aerospace support forces. Meanwhile, we shall also develop space weapon and foster space strike capability to secure the space supremacy.

We shall strengthen the strategic delivery force. Given its long strategic depth, China urgently needs a long-distance delivery force commensurate with its position as a strong power to effectively deal with international situations and safeguard the nation’s strategic security.

We shall insist on the development direction of military-civilian integration, rely on a number of military and civilian departments to build strategic delivery platforms and transportation mechanisms integrating railway, road, water transport, aviation and spaceflight, so as to guarantee military-civilian coordination, fast combat readiness and deployments in case of any situation.

We shall expand the unmanned combat force. Boasting such advantages as strong adaptability, fast response, long working hours and high functional integration, unmanned combat force is an important means to reduce casualties in future manned combats.

At present, China’s military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been developed and used at a fast rate, but the development of emerging unmanned forces such as unmanned vehicle, vessel and underwater vehicle is backward.

Therefore, we shall step up comprehensive construction and form a professional unmanned troop that can both fight independently and cooperate with manned troops, integrating reconnaissance, strike and evaluation.

Cyberspace combat is the strategic means to obtain asymmetrical advantages.

The cyberspace is an important battlefield to obtain the information supremacy and a strategic means to obtain asymmetrical advantages. As the U.S. has applied a string of cyber virus weapons such as Stuxnet, Flame and Suter, main countries around the world are all building their “cyber forces”.

Building a “cyber force” as soon as possible is a requirement raised by the time to safeguard national cyber security and sovereignty and win information-based war.

We shall foster a standard and professional new-type “cyber force” integrating cyber attack and defense as well as information security to obtain the cyber supremacy.

Moreover, cyber terrorism is a new form of terrorism arising from the information network, and fighting cyber terrorism has become a prominent topic in national security, international policies and relation.

Therefore, it is imperative to carry out international cooperation and form an “international peacekeeping” force to fight against cyber terrorism.

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China’s PLA Secret Military Information Troop Strategy //中國軍隊揭秘我军首支战略支援部队

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China’s People’s Liberation Army in 2016, a new combat force joins the PLA combat organization, it will become an important growth point of China’s  military combat capability and key strength leading to decisive nature of future wars…Secret military first team strategy support troops

December 31, 2015, and the Army leadership organization, listed with rocket forces, strategic support troops officially unveiled the PLA’s “family”!

“Strategic Support Unit is to safeguard the national security of the new combat forces, is an important qualitative growth of our military combat capability.” Chairman Xi Jinping stressed that the establishment of strategic support troops, military help to optimize the structure, improve the comprehensive support capabilities.Strategic support troops to adhere to system integration, civil-military integration, and strive to achieve leapfrog development in key areas, starting point to promote high standards of combat forces to accelerate the development of new, integrated development, strive to build a strong, modern strategic support units.

This is exactly what the troops support? Where highlights? Inception, the soldiers doing? Recently, this reporter approached the strategic support units, truly feel this nascent boom strong army troops.

“Without a high degree of integration, there will be no joint operations”

What is the strategic support? Case before us:

May 2011, the US military killed Osama bin Laden’s operations for the armed forces around the world a vivid lesson. On the surface, is the two “Black Hawk” helicopters and 24 “seal” commando on a mission, but behind it has a huge support system: Several pieces of reconnaissance and communications satellites, one responsible for real-time transmission and radio listening stealth unmanned reconnaissance missions, more aerial cover for the war to be F / A-18 fighter, an aircraft carrier battle groups responsible for strategic support, two of the five Central Asian bases and command centers, as well as various support guarantee ten thousand personnel……

This small-scale operations, major systems supporting combat style, demonstrating the winning mechanism of modern warfare. Information leading, system support, elite combat, joint victory, has become the basic characteristics of modern warfare.

“Strategic Support Unit is to support the battlefield, to ensure smooth operations, it is an important force in joint operations.” Military experts briefed reporters, figuratively speaking, strategic support troops for the army to provide accurate and reliable information to support efficient and strategies support guarantee, propped army system “information umbrella” that will blend action and armed with rocket forces, and throughout the war always, is the key to winning the war power.

“Without a high degree of integration, there will be no joint operations.” Strategic support units formed at the beginning, tightly pegged to the bottleneck restricting military joint operations in order to organize the work of planning military research started around how to understand the task, how construction and development, and how a good beginning in a higher starting point, different organizations Category troops, military leaders and experts in related fields, extensive research and discussion exchange, on major issues troop positioning functions, organization and structure, leadership and command system and other ongoing research and feasibility studies.Recently, the main leaders also dispatched military forces to the relevant units, mass fighting around the new generation to carry out special investigations.

Civil-military integration is the information war “nature.” According to statistics, the First World War, the number of industries involved in the development of weapons and equipment technology categories to ten dollars; World War II, extended to hundreds; to the Gulf War, it is in the thousands. In recent years, the proportion of military special technology United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan and other developed countries, more and more low, while military and civilian technology for more than 80%, the construction of military information technology for more than 80% are from the civil information systems.

Around the realization of civil-military integration, strategic support units proposed aspects from planning, mechanisms, resources, projects, and talent continue to promote the use of the depth of integration. New Year’s a start, force planning construction of a number of strategies, many military enterprises, scientific research institutions, experts figure has emerged, based on a unit, for the country, strong army service, “says think-tank” on the horizon.

“Accelerate the cultivation of new mass combat capability, create new combat forces.”

In the 21st century, the new military revolution shock avalanche. Especially with the continuous breakthroughs in information, intelligence, invisible, nanotechnology and other emerging technologies strategy, the new combat forces into a military capability leapfrog development “growth pole”, a new military power to compete, “darling.”

Public information, the United States set up space combat troops, built a Cyber ​​Command under the jurisdiction of 100,000 troops, to create the world’s largest network warfare forces. Russia’s integration with the Air Force Space combat forces to establish air and space forces, formed a network warfare command structure and the forces. British promoter cutting-edge network warfare units “77th Brigade”, specializing in “unconventional information warfare” by Facebook website platform. Japan through the “Basic Universe” speed up the process of militarization of space, and actively organize a “cyberspace defense team.”

Faced with surging wave of this new revolution in military affairs, who insight into the initiative, who will win in the future. Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi and decisive decision-making, the formation of strategic support units, to create a new type of war to safeguard national security forces, and the quality of our military combat capability as an important growth point.

Around accelerate the cultivation of new mass combat troops established a technology weaponization of power systems, the ability to combat the direction of development, to enter the combat readiness as an index, advancing step by step actual combat capacity building.

Military construction focus to the war, the work to fight hard. Reporters in an interview that the strategic support units, at all levels of urgency in order to focus on reform, promote transformation, many feel accustomed to the keyboard and mouse of science and technology experts put training uniform, embarked on a parade ground. He has been shelved, parked in the research paper, was taken to the test site and the development of weapons and equipment training ground troop maneuvers, become a new quality to enhance the operational capability of the “multiplier.”

It is understood that a unit of strategic support troops adhere to seek a breakthrough in the prospective, pilot, exploration, disruptive technology, research and development of a new type of combat equipment has passed the preliminary assessment, damage the effectiveness of the equipment reached the international advanced level.

“Only innovation, to seize the strategic high ground military competition”

This year New Year period, strategic support military leaders by telephone, video and checking to your combat troops on duty. From the deep ocean to mountain forests, from the Gobi desert to the border of the motherland, the troops together full member, combat readiness, to meet the troops in combat roles established.

As a safeguard national security, new combat forces, strategic support troops to innovation as a source of power to seize the strategic high ground of military competition, cohesion innovative new combat forces in combat theory, organizational form and mode of development.

On the organizational form of innovation, focusing on a new command structure, strengthen research and exploration of new combat forces woven patterns and leadership and command relationships. Focus to achieve leapfrog development, troops raised to operational requirements for traction, with technological breakthroughs driven, problem-oriented Forced to compete for the development of model approaches beyond, out to chase style, imitative development of passive situation.

“The best way to maintain peace, in accordance with their own terms to redefine the war.” Focus on accelerating the transformation of troops functions, and actively adapt to the mission mandate expansion, strategic support troops keep up with world trends of new military revolution, advance planning the layout of the new combat forces, to establish their own led “war rules” to achieve asymmetric competitive advantage.

Reporters in an interview that the strategic support units, to the troops from the authorities, from the laboratory to the training ground, a “brainstorming” is being rolled rushes –

A unit organized the workshop, big data, cloud computing, 3D printing, a new term nanotechnology often blurted out in the discussion. Graduated from a prestigious university, Dr. Young told reporters a firm voice, “the military planning and preparation is always tomorrow’s war, and even the day after the war.”

In this interview, the reporter for the officers and soldiers often high-spirited spirit, sharp shock of forward thinking on the future of this nascent force confidence.

Orriginal Mandarin Chinese:

2015年12月31日，与陆军领导机构、火箭军一同挂牌，战略支援部队正式亮相中国人民解放军的“大家庭”！

“战略支援部队是维护国家安全的新型作战力量，是我军新质作战能力的重要增长点。”习近平主席强调，成立战略支援部队，有利于优化军事力量结构、提高综合保障能力。战略支援部队要坚持体系融合、军民融合，努力在关键领域实现跨越发展，高标准高起点推进新型作战力量加速发展、一体发展，努力建设一支强大的现代化战略支援部队。

这究竟是支什么样的部队？亮点在哪里？成立之初，官兵们在做些什么？近日，本报记者走近战略支援部队，真切感受这支新生部队的强军热潮。

“没有高度融合，就没有联合作战”

什么是战略支援？案例摆在眼前：

2011年5月，美军击毙本·拉登的作战行动，为世界各国军队上了生动一课。表面看来，是两架“黑鹰”直升机和24名“海豹”突击队员在执行任务，但其背后却有着一个庞大系统在支撑：若干颗侦察和通信卫星、一架担负实时传输和无线监听任务的隐形无人侦察机、多架空中待战掩护的F/A—18战斗机、一支担负战略支援的航母编队、两个中亚基地和五个指挥中心，以及近万名各类支援保障人员……

这种小规模行动、大体系支撑的作战样式，充分展示了现代作战的制胜机理。信息主导、体系支撑、精兵作战、联合制胜，已成为现代战争的基本特点。

“战略支援部队就是支援战场作战，保证作战的顺利进行，它是联合作战的重要力量。”有军事专家向记者介绍，形象地说，战略支援部队为全军提供准确高效可靠的信息支撑和战略支援保障，撑起全军体系的“信息伞”，它将与陆海空和火箭军的行动融为一体，贯穿整个作战始终，是战争制胜的关键力量。

“没有高度融合，就没有联合作战”。战略支援部队组建之初，就紧紧盯住制约我军联合作战的瓶颈，以组织开展军事工作筹划研究起步，围绕如何理解任务、如何建设发展、如何在更高起点上开好局，组织不同类别部队、军地相关领域的领导和专家，广泛开展调查研究和座谈交流，对部队职能定位、编成结构、领导指挥体制等重大问题进行持续研究论证。近日，部队主要领导还分赴军地相关单位，围绕新质战斗力生成开展专题调研。

军民融合是信息化战争的“天性”。据统计，一战时期，武器装备研制涉及的工业行业技术门类数以十计；二战时期，扩展到数以百计；到海湾战争时期，则是数以千计。近些年来，美、英、法、德、日等发达国家军事专用技术比重越来越低，而军民通用技术已超过80%，军队信息化建设80%以上的技术均来自民用信息系统。

围绕实现军民融合，战略支援部队提出，要从规划、机制、资源、项目、运用和人才等方面持续推动深度融合。新年一开局，部队谋划建设的多项战略工程中，已出现不少军工企业、科研院校专家的身影，一座立足部队、面向全国、服务强军的“云智库”初露端倪。

“加速培育新质作战能力，打造新型作战力量”

进入21世纪，新军事革命的冲击波汹涌而来。特别是随着信息、智能、隐形、纳米等战略新兴技术的持续突破，新型作战力量成为军事能力跨越式发展的“增长极”，成为军事强国竞争的新“宠儿”。

公开资料显示，美国组建太空作战部队，建成了下辖10万部队的网络司令部，打造了世界上规模最大的网络战力量。俄罗斯整合空军与航天作战力量建立空天军，组建了网络战指挥机构和部队。英国启动新锐网络战部队“第77旅”，通过脸书网站平台专攻“非常规信息战”。日本则通过《宇宙基本法》加快太空军事化进程，积极组建“网络空间防卫队”。

面对这场新军事革命的汹涌浪潮，谁洞察先机，谁就能赢得未来。习主席和中央军委果断决策，组建战略支援部队，打造维护国家安全的新型作战力量，并将其作为我军新质作战能力的重要增长点。

围绕加速培育新质作战能力，部队确立了技术武器化、力量体系化、能力实战化的发展方向，以进入战备为指标，分阶段推进实战化能力建设。

部队建设向打仗聚焦，各项工作向打仗用力。记者在战略支援部队采访时看到，各级都在以时不我待的紧迫感抓改革、促转型，许多摸惯了键盘鼠标的科技专家穿上了作训服、走上了练兵场。曾经束之高阁、停在纸上的科研成果，被带到了武器装备研制试验现场和部队演习训练场，成为提升新质作战能力的“倍增器”。

据了解，战略支援部队某部坚持在前瞻性、先导性、探索性、颠覆性技术手段上求突破，研发的某新型作战装备已通过初步评估，毁伤效能达到国际同类装备先进水平。

“只有锐意创新，才能抢占军事竞争战略制高点”

今年元旦期间，战略支援部队领导通过电话、视频抽查所属部队作战值班情况。从深山密林到深海远洋，从大漠戈壁到祖国边陲，部队官兵齐装满员、枕戈待旦，在战斗岗位上迎接部队组建。

作为一支维护国家安全的新型作战力量，战略支援部队把创新视为抢占军事竞争战略制高点的动力之源，聚力创新新型作战力量的作战理论、组织形态和发展模式。

在组织形态创新上，着眼新的领导指挥体制，加强对新型作战力量编成模式和领导指挥关系的研究探索。着眼实现跨越发展，部队提出了以作战需求为牵引、以技术突破为驱动、以问题倒逼为导向、以竞争超越为途径的发展模式，摆脱尾追式、模仿式发展的被动局面。

“维护和平的最好方法，就是根据自己的条件来重新定义战争”。围绕加快部队职能转型、积极适应使命任务拓展，战略支援部队紧跟世界新军事革命发展趋势，超前谋划新型作战力量布局，确立自己主导的“战争规则”，实现非对称竞争优势。

记者在战略支援部队采访时看到，从机关到部队，从实验室到演兵场，一场“头脑风暴”正在翻卷奔涌——

某部组织的研讨会上，大数据、云计算、3D打印、纳米技术等新名词不时在讨论中脱口而出。一位毕业自名牌大学的青年博士语气坚定地告诉记者，“军人谋划和准备的，永远是明天的战争，甚至后天的战争。”

在这里采访，记者每每为官兵昂扬的精神面貌、敏锐的前瞻思考所震撼，对这支新生部队的未来充满信心。

 

Source: 《 人民日报 》（ 2016年01月24日 )

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People’s Republic of China: People’s Liberation Army General Officer Changes for New Military Commands

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People’s Republic of China: People’s Liberation Army General Officer Changes for New Military Commands

China on Friday, January 1st, 2016 unveiled further details of one of its largest military reforms, launching three new bodies of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including an army command, an upgraded missile force and a special force for space and cyber wars. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who also heads the Central Military Committee (CMC), on Thursday conferred military flags to the commanders of the three bodies, namely the PLA Army General Command, the PLA Rocket Force and the PLA Strategic Support Force, at their inauguration ceremony in Beijing. This is part of China’s key reforms aimed at enhancing the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) leadership over the military, and boosting the PLA’s combat capabilities by establishing a modern military system.

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Newly Assigned PLA Generals of the Strategic Rocket and Support Forces

PLA’s New General Officer Assignments

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Army Commander Li Zuocheng (formerly the Chengdu Military Region Commander)

Army political commissar Liu Lei (former political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region)

Lieutenant General Peng Bo (formerly the Lanzhou Military Region Deputy Commander)

Major General You Haitao (formerly the Nanjing Military Chief of Staff Region Deputy Commander)

Major General Ronggui Qing (formerly the Chengdu Military Region Commander)

Major General Shi Xiao (former deputy political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region)

Major General Wu Gang (former deputy political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region, the Discipline Committee)

Major General Liuzhen Li (former General Armament Department of the Army equipment research)

Major General Zhangshu Guo (formerly the Beijing Military Region Political Department)

Major General Han Zhiqing (former Minister of Joint Logistics Department of the Jinan Military Region)

Major General Gao Bo (former chief minister of Minister of Joint Logistics Department of the Jinan Military Region)

Senior Colonel (Brigadier General Select)Lu Rong Yi (ordered to command the Ministry of Scientific Research)

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People’s Liberation Army Command

The army used to be supervised by four headquarters – the General Staff Headquarters, the General Political Department, the General Logistics Department and the General Armament Department. The establishment of the Army General Command puts the control directly under the Central Military Commission. It is a major measure to improve the leadership and command system, the Ministry of National Defense said earlier.

Through a joint command and combat system, the Central Military Commission will be able to directly lead the army, the navy, the air force and rocket force, which will largely enhance the efficiency during wartime, said Song. At a Chinese military conferral ceremony, President Xi said the move to form the Army General Command, the Rocket Force and the Strategic Support Force is a major decision by the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission to realize the Chinese dream of a strong military, and a strategic step to establish a modern military system with Chinese characteristics. It will be a milestone in the modernization of the Chinese military and will be recorded in the history of the people’s armed forces, according to Xi.

The Central Military Commission has also released a guideline on deepening national defense and military reform, about a month after Xi ordered a military administration and command system overhaul at a key meeting. According to the guideline, a new structure will be established in which the CMC takes charge of the overall administration of the PLA, the Chinese People’s Armed Police and the militia and reserve forces, while battle zone commands focus on combat and various military services pursue development. The military reforms, which will involve massive restructuring and regrouping, are expected to “make major breakthroughs” and achieve concrete results by 2020, according to the CMC.

PLA Cyber and Space forces

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Yang did not get into much detail about what the Strategic Support Force is, but said it is a force which combines the strategic, basic and support resources of the country’s new type of combat forces. But Song said this new force is mainly aimed at providing resources capable of protecting China’s cyber and space security. Song said the establishment of the Strategic Support Force shows the Chinese leadership’s vision of building a military that can meet the challenges of not only traditional warfare but also of new warfare centered on new technology.

PLA Rocket Force

Analysts said the establishment of the PLA Rocket Force is an upgrade of the previous Second Artillery Force, which operates strategic as well as conventional missile weapons.

The upgrade places the rocket force on an equal footing with the army, navy and air force, said Song Zhongping, a military expert. The name change to the Rocket Force from “Second Artillery Force” also shows China’s determination to enhance military transparency. It will also impose strong strategic deterrence, he said. The Defense Ministry on Friday stressed that the establishment of the Rocket Force does not mean a major change of its nuclear policy. Reiterating its no-first-use nuclear weapons policy and defensive nuclear strategy, spokesperson Yang Yujun said at a press conference that China’s nuclear policy remains consistent, and China always keeps its nuclear capability at the minimum level required for safeguarding its national security. “We will strive to build a strong and modern Rocket Force,” he said.

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Major PLA Structural Announcements on a weekend?

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China upgrades missile force, adds space and cyber war forces

China on Friday unveiled further details of one of its largest military reforms, launching three new bodies of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including an army command, an upgraded missile force and a special force for space and cyber wars.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who also heads the Central Military Committee (CMC), on Thursday conferred military flags to the commanders of the three bodies, namely the PLA Army General Command, the PLA Rocket Force and the PLA Strategic Support Force, at their inauguration ceremony in Beijing.

This is part of China’s key reforms aimed at enhancing the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) leadership over the military, and boosting the PLA’s combat capabilities by establishing a modern military system.

Rocket force

Analysts said the establishment of the PLA Rocket Force is an upgrade of the previous Second Artillery Force, which operates strategic as well as conventional missile weapons.

The upgrade places the rocket force on an equal footing with the army, navy and air force, said Song Zhongping, a military expert.

The name change to the Rocket Force from “Second Artillery Force” also shows China’s determination to enhance military transparency. It will also impose strong strategic deterrence, he said.

The Defense Ministry on Friday stressed that the establishment of the Rocket Force does not mean a major change of its nuclear policy.

Reiterating its no-first-use nuclear weapons policy and defensive nuclear strategy, spokesperson Yang Yujun said at a press conference that China’s nuclear policy remains consistent, and China always keeps its nuclear capability at the minimum level required for safeguarding its national security.

“We will strive to build a strong and modern Rocket Force,” he said.

Cyber and space forces

Yang did not get into much detail about what the Strategic Support Force is, but said it is a force which combines the strategic, basic and support resources of the country’s new type of combat forces.

But Song said this new force is mainly aimed at providing resources capable of protecting China’s cyber and space security.

Song said the establishment of the Strategic Support Force shows the Chinese leadership’s vision of building a military that can meet the challenges of not only traditional warfare but also of new warfare centered on new technology.

Army command

The army used to be supervised by four headquarters – the General Staff Headquarters, the General Political Department, the General Logistics Department and the General Armament Department.

The establishment of the Army General Command puts the control directly under the Central Military Commission. It is a major measure to improve the leadership and command system, the Ministry of National Defense said earlier.

Through a joint command and combat system, the Central Military Commission will be able to directly lead the army, the navy, the air force and rocket force, which will largely enhance the efficiency during wartime, said Song.

At Thursday’s conferral ceremony, President Xi said the move to form the Army General Command, the Rocket Force and the Strategic Support Force is a major decision by the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission to realize the Chinese dream of a strong military, and a strategic step to establish a modern military system with Chinese characteristics.

It will be a milestone in the modernization of the Chinese military and will be recorded in the history of the people’s armed forces, according to Xi.

The Central Military Commission has also released a guideline on deepening national defense and military reform, about a month after Xi ordered a military administration and command system overhaul at a key meeting.

According to the guideline, a new structure will be established in which the CMC takes charge of the overall administration of the PLA, the Chinese People’s Armed Police and the militia and reserve forces, while battle zone commands focus on combat and various military services pursue development.

The military reforms, which will involve massive restructuring and regrouping, are expected to “make major breakthroughs” and achieve concrete results by 2020, according to the CMC.

Xinhua contributed to this story


The General Command of Army Badge. Photo source: weibo account of “yangshixinwen”.


The PLA Rocket Force Badge. Photo source: weibo account of “yangshixinwen”.
 

The PLA Strategic Support ForceBadge. Photo source: weibo account of “yangshixinwen”.