One video showed how the PLA might seize control on a fanciful animated map, with icons of troops, aircraft, navy and missiles resembling the opening titles of Dad’s Army, the 1970s sitcom. The ...

Comparatively, China and Russia, the world's next-largest aerial powers, only have a total of 2,000 to 3,000 military aircraft each. But this map is only a quantitative measurement of air power ...