THE Jet FORCE’S Growth WILL NOT BE HAMPERED BY LATEST PURGES
The knowledge of Mr. Xi’s earlier staff meetings has unavoidably come to light given that he oversaw the creation of the PLA Rocket Force and Strategic Support Force.
The most recent choice to parachute General Wang, a naval officer, to command the nation’s corporate missile forces is extraordinary in recent Rocket Force history and has also drawn criticism. In fact, earlier officers received promotions from within the military.
As it stands, the PLA has frequently discussed the redeployment of soldiers among the various services departments.
Admiral Liu Huaqing, who is credited with founding the current Chinese army, spent a significant portion of his career as an infantry officer. Wang Ning, a retired captain of the People’s Armed Police, had no previous experience with the military organization prior to his appointment.
Undoubtedly, some critics would have taken that as evidence that the PLA was still stuck with its standard” Big Army” culture if generals from the ground forces had been chosen to command the Rocket Force instead.
It’s possible that Wang Houbin and Zhao Xisheng are familiar with Rocket Force activities to some extent. Rocket Force resources have become more integrated under the revised shared Theatre Command program since Mr. Xi’s significant military shake-up, enabling joint operations with each of their army, navy, and air force counterparts.
Beijing’s determination to increase the effectiveness and mortality of the Rocket Force is clear given that it has emerged as the regular services’ biggest winner in the reforms, both in terms of maintaining control over its procedures bases and weapon brigades and witnessing their growth.
The continuous purges in the Rocket Force are more of a sign of the party army’s inside clean-up than it is of Chinese President losing control over the military because they are the trump card for the PLA. & nbsp,
James Char is a Research Fellow with the China Program at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University( NTU ), S Rajaratnam School of International Studies( RSIS ).