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"Bring pride to our nation."

— SDC announcer when beginning match.

The Strategic Defense Coalition, also abbreviated as SDC, is a faction in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. They are an East Asian, Chinese-led strategic military alliance and is one of the largest military alliances in the world during the Second Cold War after NATO.

Depending on how the player performs in the Strike Force missions, Russia, India, Afghanistan, and Iran may become members or they will ally with JSOC and join the fight against Raul Menendez.

If the player succeeds in all of the Strike Force missions, the SDC will ally with JSOC and Premier Chen will be relieved during the introduction of "Cordis Die". SDC will send their drones to defend the U.S.S. Barack Obama from Menendez's drone attacks in the mission "Odysseus" and will also send elite troops to eliminate Cordis Die mercenary snipers in the final mission "Judgment Day."

If the player fails in any of the Strike Force missions, the SDC will invade Russia and make them join the coalition. With this, the Chinese Army will be under Chairman Zhao's orders and Premier Chen cannot support the JSOC and their allies. During the introduction cut-scene of "Cordis Die", he will be hostile to Bosworth and blame the Americans for the drone invasion, which will result in the U.S. having a bad relationship with China.

Judging by the holographic map in the briefing before the start of the Strike Force mission, SDC has a considerable amount of members from different countries. David also stated that if Russia joined the SDC, they would be the single largest military alliance on the planet.

1 History
- 1.1 Founding
- 1.2 Second Cold War
2 Member States
3 Notable Members
4 Equipment
- 4.1 Handguns
- 4.2 Submachine Guns
- 4.3 Assault Rifles
- 4.4 Light Machine Guns
- 4.5 Launchers
- 4.6 Vehicles
5 Multiplayer Maps
6 Quotes
7 Gallery
8 Trivia

History

Founding

When the People's Republic of China was crippled due to terrorist Raul Menendez's cyber attack on the Chinese stock market, China cut off their mineral trade to the United States of America, denying the U.S. vital resources and setting two global superpowers against each other and starting the Second Cold War. The war led General Tian Zhao to form the Strategic Defense Coalition to try and align Asia into one large military force in order to face the Western World. The 11 founding countries were China, Pakistan, Burma, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Nepal, and Bhutan.

The original 11 countries agreed to join the military and political alliance for different reasons, but most joined so they wouldn't be invaded by China or were pressured into joining. Out of all countries, China held the most resources and with many soldiers coming from China, they were the leader of the alliance.

The alliance was opposed to NATO, competing who would have the largest military alliance on the planet. With Raul Menendez planning a large wave of attacks on the United States and China being hacked by U.S. drones, the two descended into war.

Second Cold War

General Tian Zhao planned to invade India's northern province of Himachal Pradesh, where they faced a United States Army base called FOB Spectre. The base had many defense mechanisms that defended the rest of India from attack. If the base was taken out, the SDC could invade India. On May 21, Zhao sent a large force of SDC troops to capture this base. The initial attack wiped out many U.S. troops, so JSOC sent a Strike Force to assist in the defense of the base. Depending on the player's actions, the SDC will either pull out of India or successfully invade and conquer India.

General Zhao then began to set his sights on other countries. He had cruise missiles aimed at Iran aboard the SDC navy freighter, docked in Singapore. When the US heard of this, they sent another Strike Force to destroy the freighter carrying the missiles. Depending on the player's actions again, they may either successfully take over Iran or be forced to cancel their plot. Zhao then came up with another plan to take over Afghanistan, he wanted to assassinate Afghan politicians in order to weaken the government, and depending on the player's actions, JSOC's drones will either thwart the plot or fail and Zhao will take Afghanistan.

The United States had finally decided to end Zhao's reign of terror, so they sent another Strike Team in order to take him out. While General Zhao was flying over Peshawar, Pakistan, the Strike Force either successfully shoots down his VTOL and shoots Zhao, or Zhao successfully escapes.

If Zhao survives, he invades and conquers Russia. In the end, China won't be able to help JSOC and Chen won't be able to help America. If Zhao is killed, then China will save the U.S.S. Obama and will ally with JSOC to kill/capture Raul Menendez.

Member States

People's Republic of China
Mongolia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Myanmar
Nepal
North Korea (Presumably a current member, observer state or dialogue partner within/maintaining close relations with the alliance as it is mentioned having a role in the story of the game.)
Pakistan (Given the number of SDC troops stationed there, Pakistan appears to have some degree of close relations to or alliance with China. It is unknown if Pakistan is either an full state member, observer, dialogue partner, or has applied for membership.)
Afghanistan (If the Strike Force level is failed)
Iran (If the Strike Force level is failed)
India (If the Strike Force level is failed)
Russia (If the Strike Force level "Dispatch" is failed)

They also appear as a faction in multiplayer, always opposing SEAL Team Six.

Notable Members

Tian Zhao (Chairman)

Equipment

Handguns

Submachine Guns

Assault Rifles

Light Machine Guns

Launchers

Vehicles

T-72
UH-60
VTOL