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With 2.3 million active troops, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the largest standing military force in the world, commanded by the Central Military Commission (CMC).[182] The PLA consists of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF), the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), and a strategic nuclear force, the Second Artillery Corps. According to SIPRI, China's military expenditure in 2011 totalled US$129.2 billion (923 billion yuan), constituting the world's second-largest military budget.[183] However, other nations, such as the United States, have claimed that China does not report its real level of military spending, which is allegedly much higher than the official budget.[184] A 2007 report by the US Secretary of Defense noted that "China's actions in certain areas increasingly appear inconsistent with its declaratory policies".[185] For its part, China claims it maintains an army purely for defensive purposes.[186]
As a recognised nuclear weapons state, China is considered both a major regional military power and a potential military superpower.[187] As of August 2011, China's Second Artillery Corps is believed to maintain at least 195 nuclear missiles, including 75 ICBMs.[188] Nonetheless, China is the only member of the UN Security Council to have relatively limited power projection capabilities.[1] To offset this, it has begun developing power projection assets, such as aircraft carriers, and has established a network of foreign military relationships that has been compared to a string of pearls.
China has made significant progress in modernizing its military since the early 2000s. It has purchased advanced Russian fighter jets, such as the Sukhoi Su-30, and has also proced its own modern fighters, most notably the Cheng J-10 and Shenyang J-11.[190] China is furthermore engaged in developing an indigenous stealth aircraft, the Cheng J-20.[191][192][193] China's ground forces have also undergone significant modernisations, replacing its ageing Soviet-derived tank inventory with numerous variants of the modern Type 99 tank, and upgrading its battlefield C3I systems to enhance its network-centric warfare capabilities.[194] China has furthermore acquired and improved upon the Russian S-300surface-to-air missile system.[195] Russia later proced the next-generation S-400 Triumf system, with China reportedly having spent $500 million on a downgraded export version of it.[196] A number
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