People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Archives

Eastern Ladakh: Indian Army Troops Display Multiple Tactical Tank Manoeuvres

RA Editorial Desk - September 26, 2024

Nyoma (Eastern Ladakh): In Nyoma, eastern Ladakh on September 22, the Indian Army troops displayed multiple tactical tank exercises. It included modern war horses T-90, T-72 and BMP-2. The armoured unit conducted the exercises. Standing...

China Axed the Strategic Support Force, Reshuffled the Military for Greater Oversight, Political Control: Experts

RA Editorial Desk - September 12, 2024

New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping instigated a significant restructuring of the People’s Liberation Army on April 19 by axing the Strategic Support Force and replacing it with a new Information Support Force. While it’s...

New Indian Maritime Doctrine Needed

Pranay K Shome - June 23, 2024

That aggressiveness is anchored in human nature is a known fact. Robert Sapolsky, an American primatologist and neuroscientist in his book Behave has succinctly portrayed this, just like human beings are biologically wired to...

Fortifying the Future

Vishal Duggal - June 15, 2024

The 1962 Sino-Indian War resulted in China’s annexation of approximately 14,700 square miles (38,000 square kilometres) of Indian territory in Aksai Chin, a wound that left a deep scar and remains unhealed, till today. In...

Countering Chinese Checkers

Pranay K Shome - June 15, 2024

The phrase “Hindi, Chini, bhai, bhai” (Indians and Chinese are brothers) was perhaps the most well-known yet naïve aphorism that emerged to describe India-China relations in the immediate post-independence period under the leadership of...

Asia-Pacific Issues Dominate the Shangri-La Dialogue 2024

Asad Mirza - June 3, 2024

The weekend talks at Shangri-La Dialogue were held as wars rage in Gaza and Ukraine, and at a time of increasing tensions and competition for influence between the United States and China in the...

The Indian Navy’s Approach to the Indo-Pacific Region

Jay Maniyar - December 3, 2023

For all intents and purposes, India is a maritime nation with a glorious history. History is also being made in modern India and its approach to the maritime domain is now an everyday topic...

Chinese PLA: Glorified ‘Paper Tiger’ With No Battlefield Experience

Neeraj Mahajan - October 21, 2023

China’s strength is highly overrated by friends and foes all over the world. The Chinese armed forces are dens of corruption, nepotism and bureaucratic red-tape. Many Chinese army Generals – including those nearing retirement...

China’s Nuclear Arsenal Has More Than Doubled Since 2020: Senior Pentagon Official

Admin - October 20, 2023

Washington: China’s nuclear arsenal has more than doubled in the last three years, amid what a senior Pentagon official calls a “major expansion of their nuclear forces.” As of May 2023, China had around 500...

Expanding Drone Arsenal: India Testing Polish – Manufactured Warmate Drone

Admin - September 11, 2023

New Delhi: To counter the increasing Sino-Indian tension along the border, there are reports that India has begun testing of the Polish-manufactured Warmate drone (micro loitering munitions) in the strategic Ladakh region. Warmate -...

Fading China, Rising India

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - July 15, 2023

In June 2023, as 11.6 million young people in China graduated from university, the traditional pictures of joyful students throwing their hats and gowns into the air were replaced by photos of them throwing...

Indian Army Forces Chinese Troops to Remove Tents Erected in Ladakh’s Chulshul Area, MHA Allows Foreign Tourists to Visit Hanle

Admin - July 14, 2023

Leh: Taking a tough stand, Indian Army has forced the Chinese troops to remove four tents they had installed in Table Top Area of Gurung Hills in Chushul declared as buffer zone along the...

PLA Deployment Not Increasing Day by Day, Challenges in Manipur Have Not Disapperead: CDS Gen Chauhan

Admin - May 31, 2023

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on May 30 said the deployment of People's Liberation Army of China on India's northern borders is not increasing day by day. Talking to reporters after...