Strategic Defense Coalition

"Bring pride to our nation."

- SDC announcer when beginning match.

The Strategic Defense Coalition or SDC is a faction in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. They are an East Asian Chinese-led strategic military alliance.

Depending on how the player performs in the Strike Force missions, Russia, India, Afghanistan, and Iran may become members, or alternatively they will ally with NATO and and assist in trying to stop Raul Menendez.

If the player succeeds in all of the Strike Force missions, the SDC will ally with NATO and defend the U.S.S. Barack Obama from the drone attack in the mission "Odysseus" and will also send elite troops to eliminate Mercenary snipers in the mission "Judgment Day".

They also appear as a faction in multiplayer, facing SEAL Team Six in Cargo, Carrier, Drone, Mirage, Magma, Uplink, and Pod.

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

Notable Members

 * Tian Zhao (Chairman)

Handguns

 * KAP-40
 * M1911 (Holstered)

Submachine Guns

 * PDW-57
 * Vector K10
 * Chicom CQB

Assault Rifles

 * SMR
 * Type 25
 * MTAR

Light Machine Guns

 * QBB LSW

Launchers

 * SMAW
 * M320

Notable Member Countries

 * People's Republic of China
 * North Korea
 * Kazakhstan
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Tajikistan
 * Uzbekistan
 * Mongolia
 * Myanmar
 * Nepal
 * Bhutan
 * Pakistan
 * 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 one or all Strike Force levels are failed)

Quotes
"Dominate them."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Force them to fear you."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Force them to fear us."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Leave no one alive."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Eliminate all that oppose us."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Report when victory is yours."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Failure is not an option."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Failure will not be tolerated."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Strike fear into their hearts."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Do what you must to ensure success."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Crush all the oppose you."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Our mission cannot fail."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Bring pride to our nation."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"This will be our greatest triumph."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Strike fear into them."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Crush all that oppose us."

- Beginning of a multiplayer match.

"Our generals will be pleased."

- Winning a multiplayer match.

"Our enemies have failed."

- Winning a multiplayer match.

"For our nation."

- Winning a multiplayer.

"You have pleased our generals."

- Winning a multiplayer match.

"We have succeeded in our mission."

- Winning a multiplayer match.

"As expected, you have not failed us."

- Winning a multiplayer match.

"You have disgraced our nation."

- Losing a multiplayer match.

"You have displeased our generals."

- Losing a multiplayer match.

"A shameful defeat."

- Losing a multiplayer match.

"Defeat is not an option, you will be dealt with."

- Losing a multiplayer match.

"You have disgraced yourself."

- Losing a multiplayer match.

"They have overpowered us."

- Losing a multiplayer match.

"叫他滚蛋（Tell him to go away), get him out of my sight!"

- When a player is kicked.

Trivia

 * Like the Federal Bureau of Investigation, they face only the same faction on every map they appear, SEAL Team Six.
 * They are the third playable East Asian faction in the Call of Duty franchise, coming after the Imperial Japanese Army in Call of Duty: World at War and the North Vietnamese Army in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
 * In Call of Duty ELITE, recent matches they are known as PLA, this is likely a mistake referring to the People's Liberation Army, the army of China.
 * Some of the zombies in Die Rise have SDC uniforms.
 * Some SDC members have holstered M1911s.
 * They wear different uniforms with a type of blue digital camouflage in Uplink.