People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
Strategic and tactical missile force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
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| 2025 | Ongoing construction of 12 new silos for DF-5C in Luanchuan, Henan under the Central Theater Command. |
| 2024 | New base for DF-31AG completed in Hancheng, Shaanxi, becoming part of the Western Theater Command's missile infrastructure. |
| 2024 | Northern Theater Command's base in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia is almost complete, potentially housing DF-31AG or DF-41 missiles |
| 2024 | Central Theater Command begins construction of 12 new silos at the Luanchuan base for potential DF-5C missiles |
| September 25 2024 | PLARF performed its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test over the Pacific Ocean since the early 1980s. |
| July 2023 | Wang Houbin assumes command of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), taking over leadership of the strategic military unit. |
| July 2021 | Federation of American Scientists found another 110 missile silos being built in Hami, Xinjiang. China also tested a globe-circling hypersonic missile with an unprecedented launch of a second missile from an ultra-high-speed vehicle. |
| July 2021 | Federation of American Scientists finds an additional 110 missile silos being constructed in Hami, Xinjiang. |
| July 2021 | China tested a globe-circling hypersonic missile with an unprecedented launch of a second missile from an ultra-high-speed vehicle, surprising Pentagon officials. |
| June 2021 | Construction of a new missile silo field in Gansu, western China, with 119 missile silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles discovered. |
| 2020 | New base (616) added in Ganzhou, Jiangxi with DF-17 missiles in the Eastern Theater Command. |
| January 1 2016 | Renamed from the PLA Second Artillery Corps to the PLA Rocket Force (PLARF), marking a significant organizational transformation. |
| 2014 | DF-3A (CSS-2) missile is officially retired from service after 43 years of operational deployment |
| January 9 2014 | The DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) made its first flight test. |
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