Tag: PLA

Evolving Missions and Capabilities of the PLA Rocket Force: Implications for Taiwan and Beyond (Yuan-Chou Jing, Yi-Ren Lai, The Jamestown Foundation)

According to a recent Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) report, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is strengthening its superior capabilities within the...

PLA Rocket Force holds live-fire drills, testing new-type conventional missiles (Global Times)

Liu Xuanzun The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force recently conducted live-fire drills in the deserts in Northwest China in which it launched two...

China/PLA – PLA Air Force accelerates pilot cadet training with advanced trainer jets (Global Times)

A JL-10 fighter trainer aircraft attached to a regiment under the PLA Naval Aviation University taxies on the flightline in preparation to take off...

(China) From April to May 2021, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) conducted a second exercise to test the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept and...

Derek Solen writes for Jamestown Foundation: From April to May 2021, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) conducted a second exercise to test the Agile...

(China) PLA in the South China Sea

Liu Xuanzun writes for Global Times: The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) forces expelled a US Navy destroyer that trespassed into Chinese territorial waters...

China – Giving Precision Munitions ‘Eyes’ and a ‘Brain’: The State of PLA Research on Military Target Recognition (Alex Barker, The Jamestown Foundation)

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has identified artificial intelligence (AI) as an economic and security developmental priority. The State Council’s National AI Development...

China/PLA – Early Warning Brief: The PLA’s Military Diplomacy Under COVID-19 (Kenneth Allen, The Jamestown Foundation)

Introduction The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been responsible for conducting military diplomacy since the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949....

China – Fears of Colour Revolution in People’s Liberation Army (Jayadeva Ranade, VIF)

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the sword arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its recruits swear an oath of loyalty to the...

China – What I Learned From the PLA’s Latest Strategy Textbook (The Jamestown Foundation)

Joel Wuthnow In August 2020, China’s National Defense University (NDU) released a revised version of its Science of Military Strategy (战略学, zhanlüe xue) (SMS), a core textbook for...

(China/PLA) The People’s Liberation Army Attempts to Jump Start Training Reforms (The Jamestown Foundation)

Kevin McCauley The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is attempting to reinvigorate lagging unit training and military education reforms to enable an integrated joint operations capability. https://jamestown.org/program/the-peoples-liberation-army-attempts-to-jump-start-training-reforms/