By Karen Montague and Erika Solem
China’s military is reorganizing itself to be a more modern, effective force. On January 1, 2016, the Second Artillery Force (第二炮兵部队) (responsible for China’s nuclear and conventional ballistic missile arsenals)
was reorganized into the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF;
火箭部队), elevating it to a service (军种) fully on-par with the Navy, Army
and Air Force. As China streamlines its military and works to improve
the quality of its personnel, several cutting edge projects are in the
works to provide the People’s Liberation Army with advanced weapons. One
of these is the PRC’s hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), called the DF-ZF
in China and designated by U.S. defense officials as the Wu-14.[Read More]http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=45313&no_cache=1#.Vxlvd3CGhRk
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