China's Second Artillery Origin

Second Artillery Corps, referred to as the Second Artillery Corps, that is, Chinese strategic missile force. Today, development has been the formation of both nuclear and conventional missile, the last in the long-range intercontinental missile and the full range of weapons, combat forces and command capabilities, field survival, and rapid response capability, precision-strike capability and integrated support capabilities are significantly enhanced with Accurate, mobile, all-weather strategic ability to fight back.

In the community, spread some to speculate or say: "The Second Artillery Corps," is more than "cannon" smaller mortars, rocket launchers, cannons, howitzers; not only the "second artillery", and "the first artillery" "The third artillery" and so on. In fact, these allegations have nothing in common with reality, do not take on the industry, is a strategic weapon, a conventional weapons, the two different categories, there would be no comparability at all. In preparation, from history to the present, no army, "the first artillery" and "Third artillery," the existence of.

In that case, the Second Artillery Corps is developed and how? Is clearly strategic missile forces, why should the "Second Artillery"?

In the 1950s, the People's Republic of the new task of rebuilding, the world is not peaceful, local wars, just that the Chinese people, under pressure from all sides and challenges, in particular the Western hostile forces and blockade of the unscrupulous "Nuclear blackmail." Difficulties, the party's first generation of leaders size up the situation, China is determined to create its own strategic nuclear forces.

In 1956, the CPC Central Committee has made a priority to the development of missiles, sophisticated weapons to bomb the historic decision-making. From 1957, China gradually formed a strategic missile research, training, teaching institutions, a large number of elite talent and outstanding university students into one. In 1959, China's first missile forces officially formed.

July 1, 1966, with the approval of Comrade Mao Zedong, the Party Central Committee and Central Military Commission decided to: People's Liberation Army leadership of the strategic missile force was set up agencies in Beijing, Premier Zhou Enlai personally named: Second Artillery Corps. The nature of: a by the CPC Central Committee and Central Military Commission, under the direct command of strategic forces. As to why the name "Second Artillery Corps," was completely out of confidentiality concerns and needs.

October 1, 1984, the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China in Tiananmen Square in the capital before the big parade. Second Artillery Corps for the first time in history out of the curtain, to accept the party and the people of the review. When the mighty square pass through the strategic missile "China First Street", shocked the world as a whole.

In July 1995, the Second Artillery Corps, receiving the CPC Central Committee and Central Military Commission, entrusted by the missile launch training mission, the first public display to the world of its combat effectiveness. 6 missiles all hit the target, and fully demonstrates China's strategic missile force of the strong pace of modernization.