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48 platform lines · 47 mapped sites · 33 deployable units

Personnel & posture

Active personnel
2.0M
Reserve / mobilization pool
510k
Mobilization window
~14 days to full field army
GDP (est.)
$17700B

Order of battle

Bases & infrastructure (47)

  • Central Military Commission (Beijing)

    hub

    Supreme military command

  • PLAN North Sea Fleet (Qingdao)

    port

    Northern naval HQ

    naval

  • South Sea Fleet (Zhanjiang)

    port

    South China Sea hub

    naval

  • East Sea Fleet (Ningbo)

    port

    Taiwan Strait staging

    naval

  • Port of Shanghai

    port

    World trade hub

    trade

  • Shenyang Aircraft Corporation

    factory

    Fighter production

    air

  • Fujian coastal staging

    military base

    Taiwan Strait amphibious

    army

  • Korla rocket base area

    military base

    Western theater missiles

    missiles

  • Jianggezhuang Naval Base (Qingdao)

    port

    North Sea Fleet command hub; SSN/SSK and surface combatants.

    naval

  • Dalian Naval Base & shipyard

    factory

    Type 055 destroyer construction and North Sea homeport.

    naval

  • Huludao submarine yard

    factory

    Primary construction and trials for nuclear submarines.

    naval · nuclear

  • Zhoushan Naval Base

    port

    East Sea Fleet; Type 052D groups for East China Sea.

    naval

  • Daxie Island submarine pens

    military base

    Protected diesel-electric submarine berths near Ningbo.

    naval

  • Xiamen Naval Base

    port

    Amphibious hub opposite the Taiwan Strait.

    naval · amphibious

  • Yulin Naval Base (Hainan)

    port

    Underground submarine tunnels; SSBN bastion for South Sea Fleet.

    naval · nuclear

  • Longpo Naval Base (Hainan)

    port

    SSBN patrol staging on South China Sea deep water.

    naval · nuclear

  • Sanya naval & carrier support base

    port

    Type 075 LHD and carrier strike group facilities.

    naval · air

  • PLARF Base 61 (Huangshan)

    military base

    DF-11/15/16 brigades — Taiwan-focused short-range fires.

    missiles

  • PLARF Base 62 (Kunming)

    military base

    DF-21D/DF-26 — South China Sea and Guam-range strikes.

    missiles

  • PLARF Base 63 (Huaihua)

    military base

    DF-5B/DF-31A ICBM brigades — continental nuclear deterrent.

    missiles · nuclear

  • PLARF Base 64 (Lanzhou)

    military base

    DF-41 and new silo fields — strategic nuclear reserve.

    missiles · nuclear

  • PLARF Base 65 (Shenyang)

    military base

    DF-21/DF-17 — Korea and Japan theater fires.

    missiles

  • PLARF Base 66 (Luoyang)

    military base

    DF-5B/DF-41 central nuclear reserve.

    missiles · nuclear

  • Jilantai training/silo complex (Inner Mongolia)

    military base

    Road-mobile DF-41 dispersal and exercise area.

    missiles

  • Hami silo field (Xinjiang)

    military base

    Desert silo expansion for DF-41 / DF-31AG.

    missiles · nuclear

  • Yumen silo field (Gansu)

    military base

    Hardened silo grid in Gansu desert.

    missiles · nuclear

  • Qingyang DF-26 brigade area

    military base

    Guam-range dual nuclear/conventional IRBM.

    missiles

  • Danzhou mobile missile hideouts (Hainan)

    military base

    DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile coverage.

    missiles

  • Fiery Cross Reef outpost

    military base

    10,000 ft runway, hangars, HQ-9 SAM — Spratly air hub.

    air · naval

  • Mischief Reef naval lagoon

    port

    Protected lagoon sheltering surface action groups.

    naval

  • Subi Reef garrison

    military base

    Barracks, satellite domes, signals intelligence.

    sigint

  • Woody Island (Paracels)

    airport

    Northern SCS air defense; J-11/J-16 rotations.

    air

  • PLA Support Base Djibouti

    port

    First official overseas base; carrier-capable pier, Bab el-Mandeb.

    naval

  • Ream Naval Base (Cambodia)

    port

    Chinese-funded pier for destroyers on Gulf of Thailand.

    naval

  • Tajikistan security facility (Gorno-Badakhshan)

    military base

    Pamir monitoring post near Wakhan Corridor.

    army

  • Gwadar Port (CPEC)

    port

    Deep water near Hormuz; developing PLAN logistics.

    trade · naval

  • Hambantota Port (Sri Lanka)

    port

    99-year lease; Indian Ocean submarine logistics.

    naval

  • Beijing Aerospace Control Center

    research

    Military space operations and satellite control.

    space

  • Neuquén deep-space station (Argentina)

    research

    Southern Hemisphere space tracking — dual-use.

    space

  • Tarawa tracking station (Kiribati)

    research

    Pacific missile test and LEO monitoring.

    space

  • Wenchang Space Launch Site

    research

    Large launch vehicles and space station modules.

    space

  • AVIC Chengdu aircraft plant

    factory

    J-20 and fighter production.

    air

  • Norinco ordnance complexes

    factory

    Ground systems, armor, and ammunition.

    ammunition

  • Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan

    port

    World's busiest cargo port by tonnage.

    shipping · trade

  • Malacca Strait shipping approach

    port

    Energy & trade lifeline — Indian Ocean to Pacific.

    shipping · oil

  • Pingtan amphibious staging

    military base

    Fujian opposite Taiwan — exercise hub.

    naval · army

  • Xiamen commercial-military port

    port

    Strait crossing logistics.

    shipping · trade

Deployable units (33)

  • Central Military Commission (Beijing)hq
  • Eastern Theater Command HQ (Nanjing)hq
  • North Sea Fleet HQ (Qingdao)navy
  • East Sea Fleet HQ (Ningbo)navy
  • South Sea Fleet HQ (Zhanjiang)navy
  • Type 094 Jin-class SSBN squadron (Hainan)navy
  • Type 093 Shang-class SSN groupnavy
  • DF-26 brigade (Qingyang sector)facility
  • DF-17 hypersonic brigade (Fujian)facility
  • Type 99A heavy combined-arms brigadearmor
  • North Sea Fleet surface action groupnavy · Qingdao — Yellow Sea & Korean approaches
  • East Sea Fleet surface action groupnavy · Ningbo — Taiwan Strait & East China Sea
  • South Sea Fleet surface action groupnavy · Zhanjiang — SCS & Indian Ocean access
  • Type 094 Jin-class SSBN squadronnavy · Longpo — JL-2/JL-3 deterrence patrols
  • Type 096 SSBN (trials/early deploy)navy · Huludao — next-gen ballistic subs
  • Type 093 Shang-class SSN flotillanavy · Split Qingdao & Hainan — carrier hunting
  • Type 039A/B Yuan-class SSK groupnavy · AIP subs — Zhoushan & coastal pens
  • Improved Kilo-class SSK detachmentnavy · ~8 hulls — East Sea choke points
  • DF-41 mobile ICBM brigadefacility · Jilantai — MIRV road-mobile
  • DF-26 intermediate-range brigadefacility · Qingyang — Guam & maritime strike
  • DF-21D ASBM regimentfacility · Fujian/Guangdong — carrier kill chain
  • DF-17 hypersonic brigadefacility · Fujian — Okinawa & first island chain
  • Type 99A heavy brigade (Northern TC)armor · ~600–800 tanks — plains defense
  • Type 96B mechanized brigadesarmor · Workhorse MBT across theaters
  • Type 15 light tank battalion (Tibet/XJ)armor · High-altitude LAC vs India
  • Type 04A IFV amphibious battalionarmor · Coastal mechanized assault pairs
  • Amphibious combined brigade (Fujian)army · Taiwan invasion staging
  • HQ-9B / HQ-22 SAM brigadesam · Woody Island & coastal belts
  • Wing Loong / CH-series UCAV regimentdrone · Recon and strike UAS
  • Yaogan / BeiDou military cellhq · Space-based PNT and ISR
  • PLAN Marine brigade (Zhanjiang)army · South Sea amphibious lift
  • PLAAF Eastern Theater air divisionair · Fighter cover over Taiwan Strait
  • Joint Logistic Support Force hubfacility · Wuhan — theater sustainment

Theater glossary

PLAN
People's Liberation Army Navy — three fleet structure (~370 hulls) for near-seas defense and blue-water projection.
North Sea Fleet
Headquartered Qingdao; Yellow Sea, Bohai, and Korean Peninsula approaches.
East Sea Fleet
Headquartered Ningbo; Taiwan Strait, East China Sea, and Japan-facing operations.
South Sea Fleet
Headquartered Zhanjiang; South China Sea, Southeast Asia, and Indian Ocean lines of communication.
SSBN
Ballistic-missile submarine — Jin-class (Type 094) patrol from Hainan for nuclear deterrence.
SSN
Nuclear attack submarine — Shang-class (Type 093) hunts carriers and protects SSBN bastions.
SSK
Diesel-electric submarine — Yuan-class with AIP for quiet coastal and strait operations.
PLARF
PLA Rocket Force — controls nuclear and conventional missiles (Bases 61–66).
DF-21D
Anti-ship ballistic missile designed to strike moving carriers inside the first island chain.
DF-26
Dual-capable intermediate-range missile — dubbed Guam killer for 5,000 km reach.
DF-41
Road-mobile ICBM with MIRV warheads — primary strategic modernization program.
First Island Chain
Arc from Japan through Taiwan to Philippines — primary PLAN/PLARF containment geometry.
String of Pearls
Network of commercial ports (Gwadar, Hambantota, etc.) usable for naval logistics.
Great Wall of Sand
Fortified Spratly/Paracel reefs with runways, SAMs, and lagoon shelters.
Chokepoint
Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.
Rare earth
Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.
SPR
Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.
TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.
Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.
Malacca
Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Suwałki corridor
Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.
Cobalt belt
DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.
Lithium triangle
Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.
Grain corridor
Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.
Red Sea corridor
Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.
Taiwan Strait lane
Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.
Black Sea grain lane
Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.
Horn access lane
Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.