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China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) was once derided as an antiquated force with obsolete equipment, poor training and a doctrine constrained by Mao’s ideology of “people’s war”. the startling impact of American air power in crushing Iraq in the gulf war, 1991, jolted the PLAAF from its slumber and propelled it to change from the traditional defensive orientation to a preference for offensive air operations. To implement these doctrinal changes, the PLAAF has been on an acquisition spree for new weapons.
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