Monday, 5 March 2018

China cuts 3 lakh troops, shrinks PLA to 2 million

The PLA which was 4.5-million strong till 1980 was first resized to 3 million in 1985 and later to 2.3 million. PLA also announced last year that it would reduce grounds troops to less than a million as part of Chinese military modernisation under which the navy has been given greater role to expand China's global influence.

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