China has formed three new types of troops

Date: 08:35, 05-01-2016.

Almaty. 5 January. Silkroadnews – A ceremony of establishment of Army Forces Command of People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), the missile troops of the PLA and the PLA troop’s strategic support has been carried out in China, Xinhua news agency reported.
“The President Xi Jinping passed the military flags over to them. He said the establishment of Army Forces Command and two new types of troops is one of the most important decisions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission directed to achieve the Chinese dream of building a strong army”, the note says. According to Xi Jinping, “it is a strategic step towards building a modern military system with Chinese characteristics”. He also said the missile forces is the key force of strategic deterrence and the strategic pillar of China as one of the biggest world power.
Xi Jinping called the missile forces officers and soldiers to realize properly their role and mission, expand internal capacity for the nuclear deterrence and retaliatory nuclear strike, strengthen the powers of medium- and long-range precision strikes capacities and improve the ability to preserve the strategic balance.

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