Dennis J. Blasko, Elsa Kania & Stephen Armitage, RCD: The PLA at 90: On the Road to Becoming a World-Class Military?
China recently celebrated the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with a parade and military exercises at the Zhurihe Training Base in Inner Mongolia (CCTV, July 30). Although the display was characterized as a demonstration of China’s growing military might—particularly new equipment and weapons platforms, including advanced missiles and aircraft—the event also provided important indications of the PLA’s approach to operations and the first-ever demonstration of an actual military operation during a parade. The PLA’s anniversary celebration thus reflected its progress toward becoming a “world-class military” and confidence despite remaining challenges related to the ongoing, historic reforms. Shortly after the parade, Xi Jinping announced: “The PLA has basically completed mechanization and is moving rapidly toward ‘strong’ informationized armed forces,” achieving the 2020 goal of its “three-step development strategy” (PLA Daily, August 2).
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WNU Editor: When I was stationed in China in the 1980s I saw Chinese military units on a number of occasions. Comparing to what they had then ..... and what they have now .... it is night and day. I can only imagine what the Chinese military is going to look like 30 years from now.
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All they need know are experince...
Nobody is going to look the same 30 years from now. As for "experience," it may not be all that it is cracked up to be. The United States military is "experienced," but all we have accomplished is to wear our military down to the point that even basic national defense is going to be problematic at best.
What a country needs to do is to use its armed forces and deploy them in ways that advance the national interests of the country. Going on fruitless missions around the world that don't do this is a waster of precious resources and such "experience" only undermines the fighting forces.
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