This is the Defense Intelligence Agency's DDB-2680-32-84 , November, 1984.
Although it is nearly a quarter of a century old now, it is the only major unclassified document of such comprehensiveness that is publicly available in the West about the PLA. Surprisingly, some of the information is still relevant; however, its chief virtue now lies in its usefulness as background material, and especially to highlight just how much the PLA has changed over the past quarter-century.
Although it is nearly a quarter of a century old now, it is the only major unclassified document of such comprehensiveness that is publicly available in the West about the PLA. Surprisingly, some of the information is still relevant; however, its chief virtue now lies in its usefulness as background material, and especially to highlight just how much the PLA has changed over the past quarter-century.
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