An Inside Look At China's Joint Battle Command Center

War Zone/The Drive: Take A Rare Peek Inside China's Expansive Joint Battle Command Center

The facility represents the changing capabilities and strategic focus of the Chinese military.

We at the The War Zone take a high interest in anything related to strategic command and control, especially when it comes to America's potential adversaries. We have seen inside Russia's massive command centers housed in the remodeled Ministry of Defense building in Moscow and now, thanks to newly released video, we get our best look into the Chinese Military Commission's Joint Battle Center.

The center was supposedly established around 2014-2015 as part of a series of reforms aimed at making the Chinese military more capable of unified operations and to facilitate more streamlined command and control at the highest rungs of China's leadership. Sitting atop that command structure is President Xi Jinping, who is not only the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, but also the chairman of the Chinese Military Commission. Recently he has also adopted the name "Commander In Chief," emulating the moniker assigned to American Presidents and has continued executing a series of consolidation of power plays that have given him tighter control over the military and less competition among China's political leadership.

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WNU Editor: Here is a look at Russia's Joint Battle Command center .... A Look At Russia's Colossal Three-Floor War Room In Moscow (November 24, 2015).