[🇨🇳] China Army

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[h3]Equipment summary[/h3]
The PLAGF inventory maintains an array of military vehicles.
All figures below are provided by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Auxiliary vehicles such as engineering vehicles, logistics vehicles, reconnaissance vehicles, as well as antiquated and reserved equipment are not included.

Type	Active
Main battle tanks	4,800
Light tanks	1,250
Assault guns	1,200
Infantry fighting vehicles	7,700
Armored personnel carriers	3,950
Amphibious armored vehicles	750
Anti-tank missile carriers	1,125
Tank destroyers	480
Towed anti-tank guns	1,308
Self-propelled artillery	3,180
Towed artillery	900
Self-propelled gun-mortars	1,250
Multiple rocket launchers	1,320+
Surface-to-air missile systems	754+
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns	396
Towed anti-aircraft guns	7,000+
Attack helicopters	320+
Multi-role helicopters	208
Transport helicopters	452

 

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Chinese can offer multiple radars of various applications / ranges to beef up or support the indigenous efforts.
SLC-7
YLC-2E
YLC-12
YLC-16

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The China HQ-9 SAM modern missile are much compact compared to say S-25 Berkut SA-1 guild Soviet Union Golden eagle of 1980s .

HQ-9BE has a modified type Slimmer missile with same length.

Change in missile diameter means that 8x8 launcher can carry 8 missiles instead of 4.

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HQ-9B equips 8 smaller missiles in addition to 4 larger missiles integrated with old system with modified HT-233 target engagement radar & airborne target range upto 300km
Uses 2-stage missiles with TVC; Inertial guidance + mid-course update.
Dual seeker with SARH & IR homing modes.

 

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QJZ-171 HMG

 

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China denies military base ambitions in Pacific Islands

China’s embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, after Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said islands were trying to cope with a powerful China seeking to spread its influence. “The claims about Chin

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China denies military base ambitions in Pacific Islands

REUTERS
Published :
Jul 03, 2025 16:30
Updated :
Jul 03, 2025 16:30

China’s embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, after Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said islands were trying to cope with a powerful China seeking to spread its influence.

“The claims about China setting up a military base in the Pacific are false narratives,” an embassy spokesperson said in a statement.

“China’s presence in the Pacific is focused on building roads and bridges to improve people’s livelihoods, not on stationing troops or setting up military bases.”

Rabuka said on Wednesday his country had development cooperation with China, but was opposed to Beijing establishing a military base in the region. In any case, China did not need a base to project power in the region, he added.

China tested an intercontinental ballistic missile in September that flew over Fiji to land 11,000 km (6,800 miles) from China in the international waters of the Pacific Ocean.

“If they can very well target an empty space they can very well target occupied space,” Rabuka told the National Press Club in Canberra.

Washington became concerned about China’s ambition to gain a military foothold in the Pacific Islands in 2018 when Beijing sought to redevelop a naval base in Papua New Guinea and a military base in Fiji. China was outbid by Australia for both projects.

The concern resurfaced in 2022 when China signed a security pact with Solomon Islands, prompting Washington to warn it would respond if Beijing established a permanent military presence.

In November, the outgoing US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell urged the Trump administration to keep its focus on the region because China wanted to build bases in the Pacific Islands.

The Chinese embassy spokesperson said Fiji and China respect each other’s sovereignty.

“China has no interest in geopolitical competition, or seeking the so-called ‘sphere of influence’,” the statement added.

China has established a police presence in Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Vanuatu.​