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  1. 5 days ago · People’s Liberation Army, Unified organization of China’s land, sea, and air forces. It is one of the largest military forces in the world. The People’s Liberation Army traces its roots to the 1927 Nanchang Uprising of the communists against the Nationalists. Initially called the Red Army, it grew

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  2. 5 days ago · The prevailing doctrine at the time, which had proven efficacious for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) during the Chinese Civil War, was conceptually referred to as people’s war. Characterized by its asymmetric nature, people’s war emphasized leveraging supremely advantageous disparities in manpower ratios to offset the technological ...

  3. 3 days ago · Each unit of the PLA maintains both a True Unit Designator (TUD, Chinese: 部队番号; pinyin: bùduì fānhào) and a Military Unit Cover Designator (MUCD, Chinese: 部队代号; pinyin: bùduì dàihào). A unit's TUD is intended for internal use while the MUCD is intended to be used externally to protect and conceal the true identity of the ...

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  5. 3 days ago · The People's Liberation Army Air Force ( Chinese: 中国人民解放军空军; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Kōngjūn; lit. 'China's People's Liberation Air Force'), [a] also referred to as the Chinese Air Force ( 中国空军) or the People's Air Force ( 人民空军 ), is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army.

  6. 5 days ago · The East China Sea is a major exercise area for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, also known as the Chinese Air Force, with Chinese fighters and bombers regularly passing through the area.

  7. 5 days ago · However, Beijing’s modernization of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) raises questions about its intentions. According to a report released by the U.S. Defense Department last September, China has about 100 ICBMs that can reach the U.S. but will double that number within five years.

  8. 5 days ago · The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN’s) most modern aircraft carrier was launched from Jiangnan Shipyard near Shanghai on Friday (June 17, 2022) amid Champagne, ribbons and water cannons, state media reported. The Fujian will join CNS Shandong, commissioned in late 2019, and CNS Liaoning, which China bought second-hand from ...