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Formerly 2nd Artillery Corps, PLA Rocket Force is now considered a separate service branch in itself with 90,000 to 1,20,000 personnel. Its HQ is located at the Qinghe Compound in Beijing. This command is led by a full general and theatre leader grade officer is assigned as Political Commissar. 9 Army Leader and Deputy Leader grade officers command 9 bases (or armies) numbered 61-69 with subordinate launch brigades and regiments.
Flag | Arm Badge | Emblem |
Each of PLARF bases acts as its equivalent theatre command post and the conventional missile strikes can be part of a joint campaign and in some cases, independently too. Some of the PLARF’s joint operations offices are designated as “theater conventional missile sub-command centres,”. There are some sources which indicate that a few PLARF units armed with conventional SRBMs and LACMs may be assigned to respective TCs. But nuclear tipped missiles are likely to be outside this command and control structure with CMC controlling them directly. One likely reason that PLARF Bases are not given status of full fledged Theatre Rocket Forces like land, naval and air forces is its smaller size. With just six launch brigades and 5-6 support regiments, PLARF Bases are not big enough to be considered a TC level unit.
Between 2001 and 2010, 11 new PLARF units were raised making it one of fastest growing service arms. For comparison, only four new brigades were raised between 1980 and 2000.
Missile Base Structure:
IMAGE : PLA Rocket Force Base Structure
PLARF has 9 “bases” with units spread across the whole country. Each such base has a local HQ with multiple launch units. Each brigade may have hundreds or just a handful of missiles depending upon its role. Conventional missile brigades usually have a larger number of missiles with up to 30-36 launchers with 2-6 missiles on each. Nuclear missile brigades usually have 6-8 missile launchers or silos or cave sites. A list of such possible sites for storage, assembly, launch and testing for missiles with conventional as well as nuclear warheads is provided later in the chapter.
Each Missile Brigade in turn usually has 4-6 Launch Battalions with each consisting of usually 2 Launch Companies and some Support Battalions which include Communications, Comprehensive Support, Operational Support and Technical (can be two Tech Battalions in some cases). Some Missile Brigades may have Telemetry and ECM Battalions. ICBM brigades will have 6-12 launchers, 12-24 for MRBM, 18-36 for IRBM and 36-48 for Cruise Missiles and SRBMs.
NOTE: It’s not clear whether anti-satellite and BMD assets are with PLARF or SSF.
List of Missile Bases
PLARF has 9 bases as of 2021-22. Base 61, 63 64, 66, and 69 are Corps Grade and 62, 65, 67 and 68 are Corps Deputy Leader grade
UNIT | MISSILES | Location | MUCD | LAT | LONG | Former Base/Brigade. | OLDMUCD | REMARKS |
PLARF HQ | Beijing | 40° 2’11.47″N | 116°19’12.21″E | |||||
Base 61 | Hongxing Road, Yanghu Town, Huangshan City, Anhu | 96151 | 29°41’39.62″N | 118°17’58.92″E | Base 52. | 96151 | Taiwan centric, has one additional UAV Regiment | |
611 Brigade | DF-21A* | Xinhe Town, Qingyang | 96711 | 30°41’37.40″N | 117°53’58.06″E | 807 | 96161 | |
612 Brigade | DF-21A* | Bayi Road, Leping City, Jingdezhen | 96712 | 28°58’50.47″N | 117° 7’14.33″E | 811 | 96163 | |
613 Brigade | DF-15B | Fantou Village, Shangrao | 96713 | 28°28’29.42″N | 117°53’43.31″E | 815 | 96165 | |
614 Brigade | DF-11A | Linggan Village, Yon’gan | 96714 | 26° 3’35.47″N | 117°18’54.62″E | 817 | 96167 | |
615 Brigade | DF-11A | Nankou Town, Meixian | 96715 | 24°16’58.61″N | 115°58’14.62″E | 818 | 96169 | |
616 Brigade | DF-15B | Shangyou Road, Zhanggong | 96716 | 25°50’2.00″N | 114°54’35.50″E | 819 | 96162 | |
617 Brigade | DF-15/DF-16A | Luodian Town, Wucheng | 96717 | 29° 8’50.72″N | 119°37’0.01″E | 820 | 96164 | |
Base 62 | Gongjia Village, Guandu | 96602 | 24°59’34.36″N | 102°49’59.93″E | Former Base 53 | 96201 | Dual role IRBM | |
621 Brigade | DF-21A** | Yibin. | 96721 | 28°45’38.72″N | 104°47’28.79″E | 802 | 96211 | |
622 Brigade | DF-31A* | Chima Village, Hongta | 96722 | 24°21’37.35″N | 102°29’38.68″E | 808 | 96213 | |
623 Brigade | DH-10A | Guandong Road, Yufeng | 96723 | 24°23’8.85″N | 109°34’21.51″E | 821 | 96215 | |
624 Brigade | DF-21D | Danzhou, Hainan | 96724 | 19°28’19.38″N | 109°27’25.17″E | 825 | 96219 | |
625 Brigade | DF-21^** | Jianshui. | 96725 | 23°44’19.40″N | 102°52’18.39″E | 96316 | ||
626 Brigade | DF-21C/D, DF-26^** | Yangmeliao, Qingcheng District, Qingyuan | 96726 | 23°41’2.06″N | 113°10’35.23″E | 828^ or 825 | 96319 | |
627 Brigade^ | ^^ | Puning | 96727 | 23°24’55.31″N | 116°10’48.09″E | |||
Base 63 | Shimen, Hecheng District, Huaihua | 96603 | 27°34’31.70″N | 110° 1’29.91″E | Base 55 | 96301 | Nuclear ICBMs in atleast 3 brigades | |
631 Brigade | DF-5B* | Erliangting Village, Jingzhou Miao and Dong | 96731 | 26°34’44.78″N | 109°40’15.84″E | 803 | 96311 | |
632 Brigade | DF-31* | Guangyu Village, Beita District, Shaoyang | 96732 | 27°15’8.62″N | 111°23’12.29″E | 805 | 96313 | |
633 Brigade | DF-5A. | Zushanjiao, Huitong County, Huaihua | 96733 | 26°53’37.39″N | 109°44’20.16″E | 814 | 96315 | |
634 Brigade | Tongdao | 96734 | 26° 8’50.64″N | 109°46’24.65″E | ||||
635 Brigade | DH-10 | Yuanzhou District, Yichun | 96735 | 27°53’12.79″N | 114°23’10.68″E | 824 | 96317 | |
636 Brigade | DF-16 | Shaoguan. | 96736 | 24°45’25.09″N | 113°40’43.47″E | 826 | 96318 | |
637 Brigade | DF-26C^ | 96737 | 96737 | |||||
Base 64 | Lanzhou | 96604 | 35°56’20.38″N | 104° 0’41.81″E | Base 56 | 96351 | 4 road mobile nuclear tipped ICBMs, 1 brigade is dual-role. | |
641 Brigade | DF-31* | Hanyuan Road, Hancheng | 96741 | 35°28’31.99″N | 110°26’48.45″E | 803 | 96111 | |
642 Brigade | DF-31A* | Bayi Road, Datong Hui and Tu | 96742 | 36°56’51.22″N | 101°40’1.92″E | 809 | 96361 | |
643 Brigade, | DF-31A* | Shiziping Village, Maiji District, Tianshui | 96743 | 34°31’47.33″N | 105°54’48.53″E | 812 | 96363 | |
644 Brigade, | DF-41* | Hanzhong | 96744 | 33° 7’58.64″N | 106°56’2.08″E | |||
645 Brigade | Yinchuan^ | 96745 | 38°35’36.41″N | 106°13’31.07″E | New | |||
646 Brigade | DF-21B/C??** | South Ring Road, Korla City, Bayingoleng | 96746 | 41°41’30.33″N | 86°10’14.16″E | 823 | 96365 | |
647 Brigade^ | Xining | 96747 | ||||||
Base 65 | Shanggangzi, Huanggu District, Shenyang | 96605 | 41°51’29.60″N | 123°26’59.29″E | Base 51 | 96251 | 2 road-mobile nuclear brigades, 1 ICBM ane IRBM & 1 dual role IRBM brigade. | |
651 Brigade^ | DF-21* | Zhengyang, Jinzhou District, Dalian | 96751 | 39°18’10.35″N | 122° 3’54.38″E | 810 | 96261/96113 | |
652 Brigade | DF-21C/D or DF-31^* | Jinchang Village, Dongchang District, Tonghua | 96752 | 41°40’2.26″N | 125°57’23.82″E | 816 | 96115 | |
653 Brigade | DF-21C/D or DF-31^ | Pangjialing, Laicheng District, Laiwu | 96753 | 36°14’3.10″N | 117°42’53.96″E | 822 | 96117 | |
654 Brigade^ | DF-26** | Dalian | 96754 | |||||
655 Brigade^ | Tonghua^ | 96755 | 41°45’36.35″N | 125°59’23.87″E | ||||
656 Brigade. | Laiwu^ | 96756 | 96267 | |||||
Base 66 | Lichun West Road, Jianxi District, Luoyang | 96606 | 34°38’28.06″N | 112°22’56.04″E | Base 54 | 96251 | 4 brigades are nuclear ICBMs, 2 of which are road mobile.1 IRBM brigade is dual role. | |
661 Brigade | DF-5B* | Huanghe Road, Lingbao | 96761 | 34° 1’58.55″N | 111° 1’24.66″E | 801 | 96117 | |
662 Brigade^ | DF-4 or DF-5A* | Xihe Village, Luanchuan County, Luoyang | 96762 | 33°47’23.87″N | 111°35’23.74″E | 804 | 96263 | |
663 Brigade | DF-31A* | Wangcun Township, Wolong District, Nanyang | 96763 | 33° 0’47.43″N | 112°24’52.42″E | 813 | 96265 | |
664 Brigade | DF-31AG* | Gantang, Luoyang. | 96764 | 34°32’36.63″N | 112° 8’49.69″E | |||
665 Brigade. | Weihui | 96765 | 35°18’17.89″N | 113°49’42.58″E | New | |||
666 Brigade | DF-26** | Xinyang. | 96766 | 32°10’3.27″N | 114° 7’32.83″E | 827 | 96727 | |
Base 67 | Baoguang Road, Weibin District, Baoji | 34°20’56.36″N | 107° 9’45.68″E | Storage, distribution and oversight of nuclear warheads. Also commands a nuclear weapons storage complex at Taibai. | ||||
67 Storage? | Taibai | 33°52’51.28″N | 107°15’13.03″E | Storage and handling of Nuclear warheads | ||||
Base 68 | Junmin Road, Luolong District, Luoyang | 34°39’38.37″N | 112°28’19.41″E | 96531 | Construction of physical infra. | |||
1st Engg Brigade^ | Maying Village, Yichuan County, Luoyang or Baoji | 34°32’0.42″N | 112°27’14.09″E | 96542 | ||||
2nd Engg Brigade^ | Baiying, Luolong District, Luoyang or Putian | 34°35’30.10″N | 112°20’29.71″E | 96544 | ||||
3rd Engg Brigade | Shiyao Village, Yichuan County, Luoyang | 34°26’19.85″N | 112°24’59.00″E | 96546 | ||||
4th Engg Brigade | Luoyang | |||||||
5th Engg Brigade | Luoyang | |||||||
6th Engg Brigade | Beijing | |||||||
Base 69^ | Yinchuan, Alxa | 38°35’54.69″N | 106°13’33.44″E | |||||
1st T&T District^ | Alxa | 38°51’7.37″N | 105°42’53.37″E | |||||
2nd T&T District | Baishan | |||||||
3rd T&T District | Delingha | |||||||
4th T&T District | Guiyang | |||||||
OPFOR Regm | Baishan |
*-Nuclear. **-Dual role
UNIT | LOCATION | MUCD | LAT | LONG | Note |
Tactical Training Base^ | Jingyu County, Baishan | 96451 | 42°18’59.88″N | 126°54’25.63″E | |
Comprehensive Training Base^ | Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou | 96625 | 40°37’19.70″N | 115°2’15.70″E | |
Delingha Support/Training^ | Tianjun West Road, Hexi, Delingha | 96367 | 37°21’33.88″N | 97°21’45.74″E | |
Training Base^ | Xinying Village, Hantai | 96520 | 33°7’47.71″N | 106°56’25.66″E | |
107th Engineering Regiment^^ | Baoji, Shaanxi | 96516 | 34°25’1.89″N | 107°13’46.33″E | |
252nd Engineering Regiment^ | Yantan, Hecheng | 96518 | 27°34’12.40″N | 110°1’9.49″E | |
304th Engineering Regiment | Huaihua | 96783 | 27°32’36.13″N | 110°0’23.61″E | Or 96512 Unit Dangjiabao, Chencang |
308th Engineering Regiment^ | Minzhu Street, Hantai | 96501 | 33°4’7.63″N | 107°0’34.58″E | |
312nd Engineering Regiment^ | Laidian Town, Xianyou | 96514 | 25°19’2.43″N | 118°42’51.09″E | |
Comms Unit^ | Lijiaba, Xixiang County, Hanzhong | 96646 | 32°58’8.94″N | 107°45’41.83″E | |
61 Testing ^ | Chizhou, Anhui | 96166 | 30°37’48.33″N | 117°28’46.54″E | |
61 Technical Support Regiment | Lalishan Road, Zhushan District, Jingdezhen | 96815/96172 | 28°39’25.07″N | 118°17’17.94″E | |
61 Comprehensive Support Regiment | Wucheng Road, Xiuning County, Huangshan | 96813 or 96814or 96174 | 29°47’45.60″N | 118°10’53.24″E | |
61 Missile Component Depot^ | Xiashan Village, Shangrao | 96815/96176 | 28°28’55.11″N | 117°54’7.39″E | |
61 Training Reg | Shanqianzhang, Jiangshan | 96171 | 28°40’7.48″N | 118°30’48.66″E | |
61 Operations Support Regiment^ | Huangshan^ | 34°3’2.05″N | 111°2’4.05″E | ||
61 UAV Support Regiment^ | Dongyang? | 25°19’10.66″N | 118°42’53.15″E | ||
61 Comms Unit^ | Qiayang Road, Tunxi District, Huangshan City, Anhui | 96175 | 29°41’29.95″N | 118°18’53.28″E | |
61 Equipment Inspection Unit | Huangnitou Village, Zhushan District, Jingdezhen | 29°18’50.54″N | 117°16’21.78″E | ||
62 Comms Unit^ | Ganhaizi, Guandu | 96225 | 25°0’22.52″N | 102°50’11.81″E | |
62 Operations Support Regiment^ | Kunming | 96832 | 25°0’15.56″N | 102°50’1.86″E | |
62 Equipment Inspection Regiment | Mile | 96032 | 24°23’53.13″N | 103°25’52.42″E | |
62 Training Reg | Zhengjiawa, Chuxiong | 96221 | 25°4’45.14″N | 101°28’34.48″E | |
62 Technical Support Regiment | Chenggong District, Kunming | 96222 | 24°52’0.85″N | 102°53’33.36″E | |
62 Equipment Inspection Reg | Jishan South Road, Mile City, Honghe | 96223 | 24°23’53.10″N | 103°25’51.07″E | |
62 Comprehensive Support Reg | Kunming | ||||
63 Technical Support Regiment | Jingzhou | 96853 | 26°38’47.04″N | 109°41’22.93″E | |
Tongdao Rail-to-Road Transfer | Jingzhou County, Huaihua City | 26°38’47.33″N | 109°41’28.07″E | ||
63 Equipment Inspection Regiment | Tianxing East Road, Hecheng District, Huaihua | 96033/96323 | 27°32’16.32″N | 109°59’7.07″E | |
63 Training Reg | Huishui Village, Dongkou County, Shaoyang | 96321 | 27°1’59.64″N | 110°32’30.67″E | |
63 Repair^ | Jinhai Road, Hecheng District, Huaihua | 96324 | 27°34’41.11″N | 110°2’50.76″E | |
63 Communications Reg^ | Shimen Township, Hecheng District, Huaihua | 96325 | 27°34’38.01″N | 110°1’24.83″E | |
63 Service Reg | Huaihua | ||||
64 Training^ | Xining | 96367^ | |||
64 Training Reg^ | Shangwuzhuang Town, Huangzhong County, Xining | 96371 | 36°50’25.96″N | 101°23’15.29″E | |
64 Technical Support Reg^ | Yangquan Village, Huangzhong County, Xining | 96372 | 36°38’13.04″N | 101°30’49.62″E | |
64 Comprehensive Support Reg | Xining | 96844 | 36°39’33.46″N | 101°41’2.71″E | |
64 Communications Reg^ | Huangzhong Road, Xining | 96375 | 36°36’1.99″N | 101°47’15.24″E | |
64 Operations Support Reg | Lanzhou | ||||
64 Equipment Inspection Brigade | Shangwuzhuang Town, Huangzhong County, Xining | 96373 | 36°51’14.91″N | 101°22’35.24″E | |
64 Repair^ | Qaidam Road, Chengbei District, Xining | 96374/96844 | 36°40’37.57″N | 101°38’4.41″E | |
64 Jilantai Training/Testing Area | Alxa, Inner Mongolia | 39°51’26.64″N | 105°34’55.40″E | DF-26 Missile testing | |
65 Comprehensive Support Regiment | Tonghua | 96854 | 41°43’50.56″N | 125°57’58.03″E | |
65 Equipment Inspection Regiment | Tonghua | 96035 | 41°35’59.80″N | 126°14’54.38″E | |
65 Operations Support Reg | Shenyang | ||||
65 Training Reg | Panjin | ||||
65 Communications Reg | Shenyang | ||||
65 Training^ | Qingzhou | 36°36’3.96″N | 118°28’54.48″E | ||
66 Training Reg | Luoyang | ||||
66 Comms Reg | Luoyang | ||||
66 Operations Support Reg | Luoyang | ||||
66 Comprehensive Support Regiment | Luoyang | ||||
66 Tonghua Rail to Road Transfer | Tonghua | 41°35’58.55″N | 126°15’1.66″E | ||
66 Loading Unit^ | Guosong Town, Tonghua | 41°35’59.69″N | 126°14’58.03″E | ||
66 Technical Support Regiment | Huanggou, Dongchang District, Tonghua | 41°38’2.88″N | 125°59’43.95″E | ||
66 Equipment Inspection Regiment | Sanmenxia | ||||
1st Installation Engineering Brigade | Luoyang^ | 96881 | 34°41’13.19″N | 112°24’37.11″E | |
67 Training Reg | Taibai County, Baoji City, Shaanxi | ||||
67 Training^^ | |||||
67 Technical Service Brigade | Baoji, Shaanxi | ||||
67 Loading/Testing Unit | |||||
67 Early Warning | |||||
67 Vehicles Repair^ | Baoji, Shaanxi | ||||
67 Communications Reg | Weibin, Baoji | ||||
67 Operations Support Reg | Baoji | ||||
67 Equipment Inspection Brigade | Junmin Road, Taibai County, Baoji, Shaanxi | 34°3’21.02″N | 107°19’41.50″E | ||
67 Comprehensive Support Regiment | Baoji | ||||
67 Air Defence Reg | Baoji | ||||
67 ECM Reg | Nanchang | ||||
67 Equipment Transport Reg | Baoji, Shaanxi | ||||
67 Emergency Management Group | Baoji | ||||
67 Unknown unit | Luzhou | 96038 | |||
68 Training Reg | Luoyang | ||||
68 Comprehensive Support Regiment | Luoyang | ||||
68 Comms Reg | Xiangyang Village, Hubin | 34°47’42.11″N | 111°10’56.73″E | ||
68 Loading/Testing Group^ | Jinguyuan West Road, Xigong District, Luoyang | 34°41’12.47″N | 112°24’30.86″E | ||
68 Mobile Communications Reg | Nanchang | ||||
68 Eng Support Reg | Hanzhong | ||||
68 Comprehensive Support Regiment | Luoyang | ||||
Xi’an Rail-Road transfer | 34°18’39.52″N | 109°6’59.84″E | |||
Recruit Training | Jilin, Baishan | ||||
Recruit Training | Sanmenxia, Henan | ||||
Training site^ | Xujiaying Village, Luolong District, Luoyang | 34°36’51.91″N | 112°22’4.14″E | ||
69 Missile Test Range | Delingha | 37°29’8.28″N | 97°1’27.05″E | ||
69 Measurement &Control Reg | Axla | ||||
69 Measurement &Control Group^ | Shuangilao | ||||
Other units 96795,96796, 96893, 96894, 96895, 96898, 98899 | |||||
Beijing Xinghang Electromechanical Equipment Factory | Feng Tai Qu, Beijing | 39°47’12.11″N | 116°9’31.16″E | DF-26 Manufacturing Plant | |
Possible missile storage/testing site | Haerwuzhuer, Ji Natai | 39°43’55.36″N | 105°30’24.87″E |
UNIT | LOCATION | LAT | LONG | Note |
Training site | Ji Lantai | 39°39’14.40″N | 105°31’4.80″E | |
Delingha Tunnel 1 | Tibet | 37°29’17.70″N | 97°20’41.25″E | Delingha Tunnels Support Facility and possible missile storage |
Delingha Tunnel 2 | Tibet | 37°34’35.79″N | 97°47’53.13″E | Delingha Tunnels Support Facility and possible missile storage |
Delingha missile storage | Tibet | 37°23’12.38″N | 97°22’47.71″E | |
Delingha Launch Sites 1 | Tibet | 37°24’3.89″N | 97°15’7.68″E | |
Delingha Launch Sites 2 | Tibet | 37°24’41.76″N | 97° 1’51.58″E | |
Delingha Launch Sites 3 | Tibet | 37°25’43.21″N | 96°50’21.98″E | |
Da Qaidam Launch Area | 38° 1’40.35″N | 95° 1’20.06″E | ||
Mahai | 38° 2’53.61″N | 94°31’54.24″E | ||
Jingxian Cave 1 | Nunnery Bian | 26°36’14.97″N | 109°45’50.91″E | Possible storage and handling |
Jingxian Cave 2 | Road Chong | 26°42’47.76″N | 109°41’44.95″E | Possible storage and handling |
Jingxian Cave 3 | Baigou | 26°35’47.52″N | 109°50’5.91″E | |
Lushi cave 1^ | Jinshancun | 35°58’48.38″N | 111°10’45.99″E | |
Lushi Cave 2 | Baogou | 34°12’59.20″N | 110°58’12.73″E | Cave or support facility |
Lushi cave 3^ | Heishanmiao | 34° 7’2.21″N | 111° 0’17.46″E | |
Lushi cave 4 | Shuiquan | 34°13’55.27″N | 110°59’53.12″E | |
Kunming Missile Storage^ | Huangtu Pocun | 24°58’6.21″N | 102°54’12.95″E | |
Shuangchengzi | Hedongli | 40°25’47.28″N | 99°50’49.10″E | Storage, Also has airbase |
Sundian Cave Storage 1 | Zhouzhuang | 33°45’56.11″N | 112° 9’42.45″E | Storage |
Sundian Cave Storage Support 1 | Shaling | 33°45’45.53″N | 112°12’29.22″E | Storage |
Tongdao Cave | Changcha | 26°11’15.33″N | 109°53’36.47″E | Storage^ |
Tongdao SSM Support Area A | Gengchong | 26°16’6.43″N | 109°55’30.50″E | Missile storage and support |
Tonghua 2 | Xiaochang Chonggouli | 41°33’12.11″N | 126°14’42.44″E | Possible storage and transfer point. Had CSS-1 and 2 |
Tonghua 3 | Toudao Gangouzi | 41°51’38.67″N | 125°44’7.81″E | Storage, rail to road transfer point , servicing |
Xuanhua Missile Site | Sifabgtaicun | 40°38’59.77″N | 115° 2’34.02″E | Storage and loading since 1967 |
Xicun Storage^ | Uxxaktal, Malan | 42°11’38.86″N | 87° 9’47.34″E | Air Base and Weapons Storage |
ICBM Silos^ | Hanggin Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia | 40°14’38.46″N | 108°14’3.98″E | Possible missile silos |
2nd Artillery Corps Research Complex | Beijing | 40° 2’26.01″N | 116°19’13.83″E | |
Batou Nuclear Fuel Component Plant | Butai | 40°35’32.08 | 109°47’55.30 | |
Chengdu Uranium Enrichment Facility | Chengdu | 30°39’8.81″N | 104° 3’43.53″E | |
Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics | Jichujiaoyu | 31°30’24.40″ | 104°45’25.79 | Jichujiaoyu CenterNuclear research, warhead storage or40° 4’23.70″N or 116°15’19.63″E |
China Institute of Atomic Energy | Tuoli | 39°44’51.86″N | 116° 2’48.03″E | |
Guangyuan Plutonium production reactor | 32°29’42.42″N | 105°35’24.05″E | 600 MWt. | |
Hanzhong Uranium Enrichment Plant | 33°15’47.70” N | 107°25’52.74” E | CNNC Shaanxi Uranium Enrichment Co. Ltd. or Plant 405 | |
Heiping Uranium Enrichment Facility 1 | Jinkouhe district, Leshan city | 29°14’11.77″N | 103° 3’40.08″E | Plant 814Produces Uranium and Tritium |
Heiping Uranium Enrichment Facility 2 | Yucun, Emeishan city | 29°40’26.12″N | 103°32’12.11″E | Plant 814Produces Uranium and Tritium |
Hsin-ko-erh testing site | 41°33’55.31″N | 88°42’57.26″E | Vertical shafts nuclear test site | |
Jiuquan Pu Processing | Jiuquan | 40°13’23.48″N | 97°21’20.23″E | |
Jiuquan Atomic Energy Complex, | Jiuquan | 40°10’54.08” N | 97°16’52.27” E | Plutonium processing300-400kg/year |
Jiuquan Pu reactor | Jiuquan | 40°13’13.62″N | 97°21’19.14″E | |
Koko Nor complex | Haiyan. | 36°57’42.01” N | 100°53’48.50” E | Northwest Nuclear Weapons Research and Design Academy,Fabrication and stockpile |
Koko Nor Fabrication complex | Haiyan. | 36°56’32.44″N | 100°55’20.46″E | |
Lanzhou Uranium Enrichment Plant: | 36°08’53.30” N | 103°31’24.49” E | gaseous diffusion facility and centrifugefacilities organized into four projects | |
Po-cheng-tzu testing site | 41°41’46.63” N | 88°22’55.62” E | Horizontal shafts nuclear test site | |
Yibin Nuclear Fuels Factory | Yibin | 28°45’23.88 | 104°38’16.82 | Plutonium, Tritium & Li-6 |
Chinese Missiles
Chinese space and missile sector are dominated by two state owned companies, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Limited (CASC) and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Limited (CASC).Board of Directors of both these organisations serve as senior leaders of corporation’s Party Group. Chairman of the Board serves as Party Secretary and CCP officials take part in board meetings. There are multiple laboratories, academies, institutes and factories under the two companies with their own respective specialisations. It has to be noted that while there are a few such establishments which are purely military in nature, there are still many which work in military as well as civilian fields. With significant overlap in commerce or science oriented space program and missile technologies, there are many establishments which work with dual-role technologies.
ORGANISATION | LOCATION | PURPOSE | REMARKS | LAT | LONG | ALT. NAME/Desription |
CASC 1st Academy | Tongji N Rd, Daxing District, Beijing | Launch vehicles, ballistic missiles, systems integrator | 39°48’11.17″N | 116°31’5.10″E | China Academyof Launch VehicleTechnology (CALT) | |
CASC 4th Academy | Xi’an | Large solid rocket motors | 34°18’10.17″N | 109° 7’3.54″E | Academy of AerospaceSolid PropulsionTechnology (AASPT) | |
CASC 6thAcademy | Xi’an | Liquid propulsion systems | 34° 9’57.61″N | 108°57’26.64″E | Academy of AerospaceSolid PropulsionTechnology (AASPT) | |
CASC 8thAcademy | ||||||
CASC 9thAcademy | ||||||
CASIC 4thAcademy | Wuhan | Tactical ballistic missiles system integrator | Academy of AerospaceSolid PropulsionTechnology (AASPT) | |||
CASIC 6thAcademy | Baotou | Tactical solid rocket motors. | Academy of AerospaceSolid PropulsionTechnology (AASPT) | |||
Tai’an Special Vehicle | Taishan | 36° 6’10.65″N | 117° 7’45.83″E | TEL vehicles for DF-31AG and DF-41 | ||
Factory 211 | Fengtai, Beijing | Cryogenic rocket engines | Under CASC 1st Academy | Capital Astronautics Machinery Co | ||
14th Research Institute | Re-entry vehicles development | Under CASC 1st | Beijing Institute of Space Long March Vehicle | |||
Hubei Spaceflight Vehicle Research Institute | Under CASC 1st | |||||
702nd Research Institute | Fengtai, Beijing | Thermal testing of missile & rocket components | Under CASC 1st | Beijing Institute of Structural and Environmental Engineering | ||
703rd Research Institute | 2nd & 3rd stage engines | Under CASC 1st | Aerospace Research Institute of Materials & Processing Technology | |||
15th Research Institute | TEL & Support vehicles | Under CASC 1st | Beijing Aerospace Launch Technology Research Institute | |||
800th Research Institute | Nantong, Jiangsu | Alloys | Under CASC 8th | |||
Factory 519 | Beijing and Changzhi, Shanxi | Assembly of TEL and support vehicles | Under CASC 1st and 5th | Beijing Aerospace Launch Technology Research Institute | ||
Tai’an Aerospace Special Vehicle Compan | Tai’an, Shandong | TEL and support vehicles | Under CASC 1st | |||
11th Research Institute | Hydrogen-Oxygen & other liquid fuel engines | Under CASC 1st, works with 6th | Beijing Aerospace Propulsion Institute | |||
12th Research Institute | Smart rockets guidance | Under CASC 1st | Beijing Aerospace Automatic Control Research Institute | |||
18th Research Institute | Servo and hydraulic control | Under CASC 1stMerged with Factory 811 | Beijing Research Institute of Precise Mechatronic Controls | |||
41st Research Institute | Xi’an | Solid fuel rocket engines design | Under CASC 4th | Shaanxi Power Machinery Institute | ||
42nd Research Institute | Solid rocket propellant | Under CASC 4th | Hubei Red Star Chemical Research Institute | |||
401st Research Institute | Solid fuel rocket engines | Under CASC 4th | Xi’an Aerospace Power Measurement and ControlTechnology Institute | |||
Factory 7414 | Machining solid fuel rocket components | Under CASC 4th | Xi’an Space Propulsion Machinery Factory | |||
Factory 7416 | Baqiao District | Solid rocket engine assembly and preparation | Under CASC 4th | Xi’an Aerospace Chemical Power Plant | ||
^^ Lab | Hubei province | Digital design | Under CASC 4th, 9th Dept | |||
4th Design Department | Solid fuel BM design | Under CASIC 4th | Beijing Mechanical and Electrical Engineering GeneralDesign Department | |||
Jiangbei Factory | Solid rocket engine manufacturing | Under CASIC 4th | ||||
Jianghe Factory | Under CASIC 4th | Chemical Power Technology Institute | ||||
43rd Research Institute | Composite materials | Under CASIC 4th | Aerospace Composite Materials Research Institute | |||
17th Research Institute | Muxidi, Beijing | Control systems, guidance, C$ISR | Under CASIC 4th | Beijing Institute of Control and Electronic Technology | ||
Xiafeng Factory | Missile guidance radars | Under CASIC 4th | Institute of Microwave and Guidance Technology | |||
Factory 816 | Henan, Luoyang | 96521 | ||||
Hongfeng Factory | Inertial systems | Under CASIC 4th | Control Equipment Research Institute | |||
Hongling Factory | Former part of 9th Academy, now with CASIC 4th. | Missile Fuse Institute | ||||
Factory 307 | Nanjing | Assembly of JL-1. DF-21C/D Ground vehicles | Under CASIC 4th | Nanjing Chenguang Group Co. Ltd | ||
Wanfeng Factory | Xiaongan, Hubei | Missile launch & ground equipment | Under CASIC 4th | |||
Wanshan Factory | Xiaogan | Missile transport | Under CASIC 4th | |||
Changyang Space City | Fangshan, Beijing | Final assembly of missiles | CASIC 4th’s 4th Design Dept & Anlong group | |||
Yongding Avenue, Beijing | CASIC 4th’s 4th Design Dept | Core Research Centre, | ||||
Mentougou, Beijing | CASIC 4th’s 4th Design Dept | Testing & Trial Production | ||||
Laishui, Beijing | CASIC 4th’s 4th Design Dept | Industrial Zone | ||||
CASIC 4th’s 4th Design Dept | Supercomputing Centre | |||||
Fangshan, Beijing | CASIC 4th’s 4th Design Dept | Military-Civil Fusion Industrial Park | ||||
502nd Research Institute | Navigation, guidance and satelitie control | Under CASC 5th | Beijing Institute of Control Engineering | |||
801st Research Institute | Spacecraft engine design, 2nd, 3rd missile stages and launch vehicles | Under CASC 6th | Shanghai Space Propulsion Institute/Factory 203 | |||
Shanghai Space Propulsion Institute | Large liquid fueled rockets | Under CASC 6th | Factory 7103 | |||
46th Research Institute | Composite missile bodies | Under CASIC 6th | ||||
101st Research Institute | Fengtai, Beijing | Under CASC 6th | Beijing Institute of AerospaceExperimental Technology | |||
165th Research Institute | XIan, | Liquid fueled engine testing | Under CASC 6thHas Qingshuitou testing site, Qingshuitou testing site and Fengzhou special materialindustrial park | Xi’an Aerospace Propulsion TestingTechnology Institute | ||
13th Research Institute | Beijing | Laser guidance systems | Under CASC 9th | |||
16th Research Institute | Xian | Inertial guidance systems & fibre optic gyroscopes | Under CASC 9th | Xi’an Aerospace Precision Electromechanical Institute/Factory 7171 | ||
704th Research Institute | Inter-satellite datalink and communication | Under CASC 9th | ||||
771st Research Institute | Onboard computing | Under CASC 9th | ||||
772nd Research Institute | Microchips and ICs | Under CASC 9th | ||||
Factory 7107 | Baoji, Shaanxi | Under CASC 9th | Shaanxi Aerospace Navigation Equipment Company Ltd | |||
Hubei Tri-Ring Hanyang Special Vehicle Company | Wuhan | BM TEL | ||||
China Academy of Engineering Physics | Mianyang, Sichuan | Nuclear weapons development | ||||
Tianjin Space Long March Technologyand Equipment Co, Ltd | Binhai Economic Development ZOne | Ground launch equipment & auxiliary producst |
IMAGE: LM-3 Series of launch vehicles developed by CALT
Long March Engine | CASC engine testing |
IMAGE: CASC’s civilian rocket engine research
JL-2 SLBM | DF-5B silo based BM. Transported in 2 parts |
DF-15B | CJ-10/DF-10A Cruise Missile |
The following table lists most of the Chinese missiles either in service or being retired gradually. The numbers are just estimates based upon different sources during 2021 and may change regularly.
NAME | NUMBERS | RANGE (km) | STORAGE | PROPULSION | NOTES |
BALLISTIC MISSILES | |||||
DF-21 | 40-50 | 1700 | Road mobile | Solid | |
DF-21A | 40-50 | 1700 | Road mobile | Solid | |
DF-21C | 25-30 | 1700 | Road mobile | Solid | |
DF-21D | 1500 | Road Mobile | Solid | Anti ship | |
DF-26 | 16-20 | 4-5000 | Road mobile | Solid | |
DF-31 | 6-10 | 7000+ | Road mobile | Solid | |
DF-31A | 15-20 | 11000+ | Road Mobile | Solid | |
DF-41 | ?? | 15000 | Road mobile | Solid | Under development |
DF-3A | 10-15?? | 3000 | Road mobile | Liquid | Old |
DF-4 | 10-15 | 5500 | Silo | Liquid | Old |
DF-5A | 15-20 | 12000+ | Silo | Liquid | |
DF-15/M-9 | 90-100 | 600 | Road mobile | Solid | |
DF-15A | 850 | Road Mobile | Solid | ||
DF-15B | 750 | Road Mobile | Solid | ||
DF-16 | 800 | Road Mobile | Solid | ||
DF-11/M-11 | 100-140 | 300 | Road Mobile | Solid | |
DF-11A | 600 | Road mobile | Solid | ||
JL-1 | ?? | 1700 | SLBM | Solid | Retired^ |
JL-2 | 48 | 7000 | SLBM | Solid | Type 094 submarines |
CRUISE MISSILES | |||||
CJ-10/DH-10 | 40-90 launchers. Upto 550 missiles | 1500 | Multiple | Subsonic | LACM |
YJ-63/KD-63 | 200 | Air, H6 bomber | Subsonic | LACM | |
KD-88 | 200 | Air | Subsonic | ||
YJ-18 | 220-240 | Multiple | Supersonic in Terminal | AShM, LACM | |
YJ-62 | 290-400 | Multiple | Subsonic | AShM | |
YJ-7 | 25 | Multiple | Subsonic | AShM | |
YJ-8/C-801 | 42 | Multiple | Subsonic | AShM | |
YJ-82 | 42 | Submarine | Subsonic | AShM | |
YJ-83 | 120 | Multiple | Subsonic | AShM | |
YJ-83A/J | 180 | Multiple | Subsonic | AShM | |
YJ-91/KH-31P | 110 | Multiple | Supersonic | AShM, LACM Anti-radiation | |
YJ-100/KD-20 | 1500-2000 | Air??/Land | Subsonic | LACM | |
AS-13/KH-59MK | 115 | Su-30MKK | Subsonic | AShM, LACM | |
SS-N-22 Moskit | 240 | Sovremenny ships | Supersonic | AShM, LACM | |
SS-N-27B Kalibr | 200 | Kilo Submarine | Supersonic | AShM, LACM | |
Changfeng | 800 | Land | Subsonic | LACM | |
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