DefenceTalkChina aims to complete military reform and have armed forces capable of informationized warfare by 2020, according to a five-year military development plan published on Thursday. In the next five years, China’s armed forces will realize “a significant increase of key combat capabilities,” said the 13th five-year military development plan (2016-2020), issued by the Central […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-aims-to-complete-military-reform-by-2020-67467/

DefenceTalkXi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday highlighted theoretical and technological innovation as the key to upgrade the country’s military and national defense. Speaking to national lawmakers from the military at the ongoing annual parliamentary session, Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-xi-underlines-innovation-reform-in-defense-military-upgrade-67104/

DefenceTalkBEIJING: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) established the PLA Army’s leading organ, the PLA Rocket Force and the PLA Strategic Support Force on December 31, 2015. An inauguration ceremony was held in Beijing on the same day. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-establishes-rocket-force-and-strategic-support-force-66236/

DefenceTalkChinese President Xi Jinping has urged breakthroughs in reform of the country’s armed forces by 2020, vowing to reorganize the current military administration structure and military command system. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks at a meeting […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-president-urges-breakthroughs-in-military-reform-65912/

DefenceTalkSecretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced today a comprehensive action plan to reform to the nuclear enterprise and called for additional critical investments in sustainment as well as measures to address longstanding cultural issues that have hurt the morale of the nuclear force. In February of this year, following a series of events involving the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/secretary-of-defense-hagel-announces-nuclear-force-reforms-61004/