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> largest force they'll ever be able to muster PLA is still massively modernizing and expanding with barely ~2% of GDP. It doesn't take that many bodies to man
by dirtyid 4y ago
> largest force they'll ever be able to muster
PLA is still massively modernizing and expanding with barely ~2% of GDP. It doesn't take that many bodies to man modern military, even worst case combination of South Korea tier TFR (<1) and cold war ear spending (6%+) enables PRC to field a military multiple times larger than current size. This is without considering unmanned autonomous platforms that PRC defense industry is heavily focusing on. Need to properly conceptualize how fast/large PLA has grown last decade relative to how modest the amount of resources has actually been devoted.
- Animats 4y agoExpecting China to run out of people is a strange idea. In the last few decades, the PLA has shrunk, but has become much better equipped. The US military has a much worse manpower problem. 71% of US military age youth are ineligible for the US military - too fat, too dumb, or too criminal.[1] [1] https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/downloads/unfit-to-serve.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/downloads/unfit-to-serv...