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China expands missile base in Tibet, fuelling regional tensions
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Analysts suggest that the site is part of the expanding network of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), intended to enhance Beijing's long-range missile reach, as reported by Phayul.
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Beijing arms for war: DF-17 hypersonic missiles raise direct threat to Tai
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
China's move to deploy Dongfeng-17 (DF-17) hypersonic ballistic missiles at a People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) base close to Taiwan has raised alarm among defence analysts, who believe the weapon could endanger both US forces in the Western Pacific and Taiwan itself, as reported
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EORTV OTT App Secures INR 200 Crore Investment from Vsure Investment Affai
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24: EORTV led by Deepak Pandey, along with founder Falguni Shah & App Producer Shobhit Attray, a dynamic OTT platform specializing in producing, acquiring, distributing, and syndicating diverse content, has announced a strategic partnership with Vsure Investm
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China's former foreign minister Qin Gang resigns from top legislature, mon
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Similarly, after disappearing from public view in August last year Li Shangfu was formally removed as China's Defence minister and as a Central Military Commission member on October 24. 2023, but no explanation has ever been given as to why.
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China's rapidly expanding nuclear weapon stockpile remains opaque
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Without providing the world with any word of explanation, in the past five years the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) of China has expanded the types and quantity of its nuclear-tipped weapons more than at any point in its history.
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Divisions at the top raise questions about Xi's confidence in the PLA
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Indeed, despite unrelenting directives calling for loyalty to the CCP, Xi must be wondering whether he can trust the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to perform its duty - of which an invasion of Taiwan would be the ultimate order. Conversely, the PLA may well be nervous at the direction that
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China’s list of disappearing leaders continues to grow
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
First it was China’s top diplomat, then the commander and political commissar of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), and now the country’s minister of defense. The list of disappearing leaders just continues to mount, as Beijing draws a veil of secrecy over the obvious failure
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Xi Jinping attempts to stop the rot by purging his own appointees
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Corruption is very much part of the engrained culture of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as recent high-profile disappearances from the ranks of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and government have made clear.
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China's feverish missile frenzy
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 23 (ANI): Militaristic China is prioritizing the mass deployment of ballistic missiles. The country has secretively engineered vast missile silo fields able to host nuclear weapons, has ramped up nuclear production and deployed new shorter-range missile types.
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Missile silo splurge reflects China's "Cold War Mentality"
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 2 (ANI): Just what is China doing? Last week it was revealed that the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) is building yet another vast field of silos from which to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM).
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PLARF goes on missile silo-building spree
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 6 (ANI): One of the most groundbreaking revelations regarding China's nuclear missile arsenal was revealed last week, indicating a pending sharp rise in intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) in the arsenal of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF).
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China's missile industry faces hurdles
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 31 (ANI): China has one of the most impressive inventories of missiles of any military. The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), the keeper of China's ballistic missile inventory, boasts weapons of all different ranges, both conventional and nuclear-tipped. However,
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