Category: PLA SERIES
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XI VS PLA
XI VS PLA is an ongoing two year struggle. It is assuming serious proportions now. Will it threaten Xi’s reign or China’s stability? How serious is the problem? How strong is the military spear head or how blunt is it?
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Gwadar’s Reality : Pakistan’s Dubai or China’s Overseas Command HQ?
Gwadar has been touted as the Jewel in the crown of CPEC. Pakistan hyped up Gwadar as its Dubai which will revive its fortunes and make it a great power. Lot of plans were made and announced in 2013. Billions of dollars have been sunk in to build an unused port and an unused airport.…
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SIX INCAPABILITIES OF PLA
The PLA has six new incapabilities. Just think. It always has new soldiers, new leaders, new roles, new battlefields, new equipment and new organisations. Sandeep Unnithan and I discussed these issues in detail. When seen in the correct perspective it emerges that the PLA is not that strong as it is made out or makes…
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BEYOND THE PLA PURGES
The recent sacking of Admiral Miao Hua, a senior CMC member has sent shock waves through the PLA. This is a completely political sacking. However a deeper analysis tells you that there are multiple reasons for sacking of various PLA high ranking officials over a period of time. .It also tells you that there is…
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BROKEN STRING OF PEARLS & CHINESE LOGIC OF LAC
The current patrolling arrangements arrived at between India and China have brought countries back to square one as it appears. in the process the string of pearls stands irrevocably broken. In the process many issues have changed. However the Chinese logic of the LAC has come to the fore, We must see the current developments…
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The PLA Missile Firing
The recent PLA missile firing is an operational launch and not a development test or a scientific endeavour. It has external and internal implications. This is an initial analysis. It also clarifies the kind of missile used so that we do not attribute ghost like ability to the Chinese.
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PLA’s CRISIS IN COMMAND
There is a crisis of command in PLA. I have no doubt about it. I have outlined it in this episode. I have drawn inputs from Chinese sources. It actually deflates PLA’s capability significantly. This is a factor which we rarely take into account when we assess China. I remain convinced that we are overassessing…
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Can PLA Win Wars?
Armies are meant to fight wars to achieve political objectives of a state. Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan and I examined the PLA from this perspective. It emerges that the PLA though involved in many conflicts , shies away from fighting when the penny drops. The theories of war which its had propagated to present itself…
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PLA’s Latest Reforms
China recently gave high publicity to the establishment of an Information Support Force. Alongside that it also established the Aerospace Force and Cyberspace Force. In effect, China broke up the erstwhile Strategic Support Force in to its three constiuents with no capability added. My analysis suggests that it is more of a political move than…
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OPEN HOUSE ON CHINA’S TWO SESSIONS
The deliberations of the Two Sessions in China are in an end run. the overall signals are not great. In this episode I have focussed on the PLA since Xi has been showing great interest in it. Needs a bit more analysis as China changes course. Early days. more to come.
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