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People’s Liberation Army, 2027, Nukes, and the Pivot to Asia Pirouette

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Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
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Military vehicles transport rocket launchers past Tian'anmen Square on September 3, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Military vehicles transport rocket launchers past Tian'anmen Square on September 3, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)


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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