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Sputnik: Lack of Recent Combat Experience a 'Significant Weakness' for China's PLA, Says US Congress Report
China's President Xi Jinping in 2017 announced Beijing's intention to transform the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) into a "world-class" fighting force by the mid-21st century.
A new US Congress report says that China is already "eroding" the military advantages of the American forces in certain warfare areas.
A new report by the US Congressional Research Service (CRS) has described China's lack of recent combat experience as a significant weakness for the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which otherwise is competing with US forces for global military supremacy.
"PLA officials frequently refer to a 'peace disease' endemic in the force, and worry that troops who have never seen battle will become complacent and struggle to maintain readiness," states the report published by the CRS, a US Congress organisation dating back to 1914.
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WNU Editor: Here is the U.S. Congressional report .... China’s Military: The People’sLiberationArmy (PLA) (Congressional Research Center).
