People's Liberation Army
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The People's Liberation Army is the military wing of the Chinese Communist Party and the primary armed forces of the People's Republic of China. It consists of four services—Ground Force, Navy, Air Fo
PLA troops entering Beijing in 1949 during the Chinese Civil War
Chinese troops gathered on a T-34/85 or a Type 58 medium tank leaving North Korea in 1958, 5 years after the Korean War ended with an armistice (a ceasefire) in 1953. The banner in the background of the picture bears a slogan (in Chinese) which declares "The Friendship And Unity of the North Korean And Chinese Peoples Are Always Steadfast And Strong!"
Marshal Lin Biao surveying the soldiers during the 10th-anniversary military parade in 1959
The PLA Honor Guard in Beijing, 2007
Nuclear weapons of China
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China's stockpile of nuclear weapons is the world's third-largest, estimated at 620 nuclear warheads as of 2026. China was the fifth country to develop nuclear weapons, conducting its first test in 19
The mushroom cloud from Project 596, China's first nuclear test, Lop Nur, 1964.
Celebration of the fourth Chinese nuclear test, launched on a Dongfeng-2 missile, Tiananmen Square, October 1966.
![China's first submarine-launched ballistic missile, the JL-1, during its first successful sea test, 1982.[citation needed]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Julang-1_submarine-launched_ballistic_missile_first_successful_sea_test%2C_12_October_1982.jpg/500px-Julang-1_submarine-launched_ballistic_missile_first_successful_sea_test%2C_12_October_1982.jpg)
China's first submarine-launched ballistic missile, the JL-1, during its first successful sea test, 1982.[citation needed]
A mock-up of China's first nuclear bomb.