Republic of China Rocket Force
| Republic of China Rocket Force | |
|---|---|
| 中華民國火箭軍 | |
 ROCRF insignia | |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Country |
 China |
| Branch | Air defense |
| Role | Aerial warfare |
| Size |
~100,000 personnel ~2,500 missiles |
| Headquarters | Air and Missile Defense Command, Beijing |
| March | "March of the Rocket Force" |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Zhao Meijin |
| Rocket Force Commander | General Qu Linyao |
| Deputy Commander | General Wang Xiaoshuang |
| Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General Lin Qisheng |
| Insignia | |
| Rocket Force Ensign |
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The Republic of China Rocket Force (Chinese: 中華民國火箭軍, pinyin: Zhōnghuá mínguó huǒjiàn jūn) is the strategic and tactical missile branch of the Chinese National Armed Forces. It is the fourth branch to be created, established in September 2010 by combining the previous Missile Command of the ROC Air Force and the Strategic Artillery Corps of the ROC Army. It controls China's arsenal of land-based ballistic missiles—both nuclear and conventional.
In total, China is estimated to be in possession of 1,200 nuclear warheads, with an unknown number of them active and ready to deploy. However, the Sierran Royal Intelligence Agency estimates the Chinese active ICBM arsenal to range between 300 and 500 land and sea-based missiles. The ROCRF consists of about 100,000 personnel divided into seven ballistic missile brigades. Each brigade is subordinated to one of China's military regions. Currently it has 2,133 ballistic missiles and 500 cruise missiles in its arsenal.
China has the largest land-based missile arsenal in the world. According to Sierran and Japanese estimates, this includes 1,200 conventionally armed short-range ballistic missiles, 600 conventional medium-range ballistic missiles and an unknown number of conventional intermediate-range ballistic missiles, as well as 300 to 500 ground-launched cruise missiles. Many of these are extremely accurate, which would allow them to destroy targets even without nuclear warheads. In 2019, China announced it was developing hypersonic nuclear missiles, the first country to do so.
History
Organization
Ranks
The Rocket Force uses the same ranks and insignia as the ROC Air Force.
Active missiles
See also
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