China unveils new cyber force to ‘fight and win’ wars

SpaceWar.com reports: “China announced the creation of a new military cyber corps on Friday, saying it would bolster Beijing’s capacity to ‘fight and win’ wars.

The Information Support Force will act as a ‘key support for coordinated development and application of network information systems’, defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian said.

China has ploughed billions of dollars into modernising its armed forces in recent years as tensions with the United States and other regional powers have escalated.

President Xi Jinping has also sought to bring the military more firmly under his control since rising to power a decade ago.

The new cyber force represents ‘a strategic step to establish a new system of services and arms and improve (China’s) modern military force structure’, Wu said.

He did not give details about its role but said the corps ‘bears great responsibility in promoting high-quality development and the ability to fight and win in modern warfare’.

Xi ‘extended warm congratulations’ on the force’s establishment at a grand ceremony in Beijing on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV said…”

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