Slogan of the 18th National Congress of the Army

Always listen to the Party and celebrate the 18th National Congress!

The Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Missile Force, referred to as the Second Artillery Corps for short, is a strategic force directly controlled by the Central Military Commission and the core force for China to implement strategic deterrence.

The Second Artillery Corps is a powerful nuclear counterattack force composed of short-range, medium-range, long-range and intercontinental missile forces, as well as operational support, technical support and logistics support forces such as engineering, intelligence, reconnaissance, geodesy, calculation, meteorology, communication, chemical defense and camouflage.

The Second Artillery Corps curbed the enemy's use of nuclear weapons against China. When the enemy launched a nuclear attack on China, it carried out an effective self-defense counterattack against the enemy independently or jointly with strategic nuclear forces of other services in accordance with the orders of the high command, and attacked the enemy's important strategic targets.

The government of China has solemnly stated time and again that China will not be the first to use nuclear weapons at any time and under any circumstances, and will not use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon States or nuclear-weapon-free regions. However, if it is attacked by nuclear weapons, it will not hesitate to launch a nuclear counterattack and carry out limited and effective nuclear retaliation.

China has many types of ground-to-ground strategic missiles and conventional tactical missiles, including short-range missiles (with a range of less than 1, kilometers), medium-range missiles (with a range of 1,-3, kilometers), long-range missiles (with a range of 3,-8, kilometers) and intercontinental ballistic missiles (with a range of more than 8, kilometers). It has the ability to launch under various complex meteorological conditions day and night. These missiles are characterized by long range, great destructive power, high hit accuracy, strong penetration ability and survivability. There are supporting operational command, protective engineering and other facilities. It can be launched in a fixed way or in a mobile way, so it has strong survivability.