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Soviet-supplied BTR-50 amphibian renamed by China as M-1974 amphibian (Defense Intelligence Agency, 1984: A-22). In addition to producing equipment of the Soviet Union and other foreign designs, the Chinese have developed and produced various types of domestically designed equipment. The main weapons of Chinese design, for example, include a Type 62 and Type 63 armored personnel carrier, the A-5/Fantan fighter-bomber aircraft (see figure 6), various antitank and guided missiles, nuclear submarines as well as ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missiles) (Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 1984: 11; Shambaugh, 2002a: 234).
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After Mao Zedong, China arranged military modernization at the 12th National People’s Congress on 1-11 September 1982 to become Deng Xiaoping's modernization priority in response to the constellation of political and military forces of the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The research aims to analyze Deng Xiaoping’s military moderniza...
