On WarTalk, Bryan Clark discusses what the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) recent purges reveal about China’s military readiness, the gap between military capabilities on paper and in practice, and the challenges of assessing the PLA from the outside.
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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)