What is an air defense force?

Air defense forces are derived from anti-aircraft guns, and are combat arms with anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft missiles as their basic equipment.

The main task of air defense forces is to carry out air defense detection and guard against the occurrence of air conditions; Stop the enemy's aerial reconnaissance; Intercept and destroy enemy planes, cruise missiles and other air attack weapons to cover troop deployment, operations, military facilities and transportation lines, thus ensuring that military and important rear targets are protected or less attacked by air enemies.

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The background of China air defense forces;

China People's Liberation Army formed the first anti-aircraft gun brigade with captured enemy anti-aircraft guns in June 5438+0945+00. With the needs of the war, the anti-aircraft artillery force has been growing and strengthening, and has participated in air defense operations such as the War of Liberation, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Anti-reconnaissance and the War to Aid Vietnam and Resist the US.

In the struggle against enemy air attack weapons with superior equipment, we have won great victories, accumulated rich operational experience and formed our own operational theory and tactics.

1987 issued by China People's Liberation Army in August first called anti-aircraft guns and ground-to-air missile units army air defense units, but they did not become independent arms, nor did they officially break away from the artillery sequence, that is, the air defense units were still under the jurisdiction of the artillery command organization.

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