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a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; }tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; }tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; }Trying to identify a PLA unit from an official news report is an art form in itself. Chinese state media generally goes out of its way not to mention unit designations. In the case of a recent report about "a brigade of the 83rd Group Army, Central Theater

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; }tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; }tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; The PF-98 "Queen Bee" 120mm is, for me, the purest expression of PLA infantry weapons design. It's not particularly high-tech. It's not state of the art. It is simply a weapon built to do a job, do it reliably, and be produced in large numbers without

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; }tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; }tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5;  The PLA Navy's 49th Escort Task Force recently conducted counterterrorism and anti-piracy drills, receiving the usual round of media coverage. The PLAN's anti-piracy mission began in 2008 amid considerable fanfare and has since attracted extensive

The Type 99B MBT finally made its official public debut during the September 2025 Victory Day parade. While observers have been tracking the tank's presence for years, the parade also provided the clearest public acknowledgment yet that the PLA's 69th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade, subordinate to the 80th Group Army of the Northern Theater Command, is operating the type.The briga...

In a video reportedly captured near Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (see below), a J-35 can be seen flying alongside a J-15T armed with what appears to be YJ-15 supersonic anti-ship missiles.Now, before anyone gets too excited, both aircraft are built in Shenyang, so their appearance together could simply be a coincidence. That said, it's hard not to look at the pairing and imagin...