Laotian People's Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military organization
gptkbp:activeDuring approximately 30,000
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Lao_People's_Revolutionary_Party
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Laotian_Civil_War
gptkb:Hmong–Laotian_conflict
gptkbp:currentCommander gptkb:General_Chansamone_Chanyalath
gptkbp:electronic_warfare Post-war reconstruction efforts
Engages in military diplomacy
Involved in regional conflicts
Focus on national defense
Engaged in peacekeeping missions
Maintains a low profile in international affairs
Cooperates_with_UN_peacekeeping_efforts
Founded_during_the_First_Indochina_War
Involved_in_the_Pathet_Lao_movement
Maintains_a_close_relationship_with_Russia
Participated_in_ASEAN_defense_forums
Supported_by_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:founded 1950
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Vientiane
gptkbp:historicalRole Internal security
Counterinsurgency operations
Defending against foreign intervention
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Laotian People's Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Colonel
General
Lieutenant
Major
Private
approximately 100,000
Guerrilla warfare
Sergeant
$100 million (approx.)
People's War
gptkbp:motto Defend_the_Fatherland
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Lao_People's_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Navy
gptkb:Air_Force
Ground_Forces
gptkbp:symbol Star_and_Hammer_emblem
gptkbp:training gptkb:Vietnam_People's_Army
gptkbp:trainingExercises Regional defense exercises
Joint_exercises_with_Vietnam
Training_with_China
gptkbp:uniform Green