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imported>ΚΚ ΙΝ ΗΚ The Defence and Public Security Commission (DPSC) is chaired by the General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, making the officeholder the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. |
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| country = Lao People's Democratic Republic | | country = Lao People's Democratic Republic | ||
| name = Lao People's Armed Forces | | name = Lao People's Armed Forces | ||
| native_name = ກອງທັບປະຊາຊົນລາວ | |||
| image = Emblem of Lao People's Army.svg | | image = Emblem of Lao People's Army.svg | ||
| image_size = 160px | | image_size = 160px | ||
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| founded = {{start date and age|1949|1|20|df=y}} | | founded = {{start date and age|1949|1|20|df=y}} | ||
| current_form = | | current_form = | ||
| branches = Lao People's Army (includes [[Lao People's Navy|Riverine Force]])<br/>[[Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force|Lao People's Air Force]]<br/>Self-Defense Militia Forces<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/laos/|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|date=November 2021}}</ref> | | branches = [[Lao People's Army]] (includes [[Lao People's Navy|Riverine Force]])<br/>[[Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force|Lao People's Air Force]]<br/>[[Self-Defense Militia Forces]]<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/laos/|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|date=November 2021}}</ref> | ||
| headquarters = [[Vientiane]] | | headquarters = [[Vientiane]] | ||
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| minister = [[General]] | | minister = Senior [[Lieutenant General]] Khamlieng Outhakaysone <ref>{{cite web | title=Vientiane Times | url=https://www.vientianetimes.org.la/freefreenews/freecontent_232_Deputy_y24.php }}</ref> | ||
| minister_title = [[Minister of Defense (Laos)|Minister of Defence]] | | minister_title = [[Minister of Defense (Laos)|Minister of Defence]] | ||
| commander = [[Lieutenant General]] | | commander = [[Lieutenant General]] Saichay Kommasith | ||
| commander_title = Chief of the General Staff | | commander_title = Chief of the General Staff | ||
| chief_of_staff = | | chief_of_staff = | ||
| age = 18- 45 years of age for compulsory military service | | age = 18- 45 years of age for compulsory military service | ||
| conscription = minimum 18 months | | conscription = minimum 18 months | ||
| manpower_data = | | manpower_data = | ||
| manpower_age = 15–49 | | manpower_age = 15–49 | ||
| available = | | available = | ||
| available_f = | | available_f = | ||
| fit = | | fit = | ||
| fit_f = | | fit_f = | ||
| reaching = | | reaching = | ||
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| reserve = 30,000 | | reserve = 30,000 | ||
| deployed = | | deployed = | ||
| amount = $ | | amount = $39 million (2024) <ref>{{cite web | title=Military expenditure, market exchange rates data - Lowy Institute Asia Power Index | url=https://power.lowyinstitute.org/data/military-capability/defence-spending/military-expenditure-market-exchange-rates/ }}</ref> | ||
| percent_GDP = 0. | | percent_GDP = 0.23% (2024) | ||
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| foreign_suppliers = {{flag|China}}<br>{{flag| | | foreign_suppliers = {{flag|China}}<br>{{flag|Indonesia}}<br>{{flag|Russia}}<br>{{flag|Ukraine}}<br>{{flag|Vietnam}}<br>{{flag|United States}} | ||
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The '''Lao People's Armed Forces''' ('''LPAF''' | The '''Lao People's Armed Forces''' ('''LPAF''') ({{langx|lo|ກອງທັບປະຊາຊົນລາວ|translit=Kongthap Paxaxon Lao}}) is the [[armed forces]] of the [[Lao People's Democratic Republic]] and the institution of the [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]. | ||
== Organization == | == Organization == | ||
The LPRP statute states that its political leadership over the military emanates from the LPRP Central Committee's Defence and Public Security Commission (DPSC) and is the highest decision-making institution regarding military and security affairs. The DPSC is chaired by the [[General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|LPRP General Secretary]], making the officeholder the [[commander-in-chief]] of the Armed Forces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laos Lao People's Army - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System |url=https://photius.com/countries/laos/national_security/laos_national_security_lao_peoples_army.html |access-date=30 May 2023 |website=photius.com}}</ref> | The LPRP statute states that its political leadership over the military emanates from the LPRP Central Committee's Defence and Public Security Commission (DPSC) and is the highest decision-making institution regarding military and security affairs. The DPSC is chaired by the [[General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|LPRP General Secretary]], making the officeholder the [[commander-in-chief]] of the Armed Forces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laos Lao People's Army - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System |url=https://photius.com/countries/laos/national_security/laos_national_security_lao_peoples_army.html |access-date=30 May 2023 |website=photius.com}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
{{main|Military history of Laos}} | {{main|Military history of Laos}} | ||
[[File:09.05.2025 - Cerimônia de celebração dos 80 anos do Dia da Vitóriana Segunda Guerra Mundial (54507325941).jpg|thumb|left|Lao People's Armed Forces on Red Square in [[Moscow]] during the [[2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade|Victory Day parade]] on 9 May 2025]] | [[File:09.05.2025 - Cerimônia de celebração dos 80 anos do Dia da Vitóriana Segunda Guerra Mundial (54507325941).jpg|thumb|left|Lao People's Armed Forces on Red Square in [[Moscow]] during the [[2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade|Victory Day parade]] on 9 May 2025]] | ||
According to some journalists, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), humanitarian and human rights organisations, the Lao People's Army has repeatedly engaged in egregious [[Human rights in Laos|human rights]] violations and the practice of corruption in Laos.<ref name="auto3">Amnesty International, (23 March 2007), "Lao People's Democratic Republic: Hiding in the jungle – Hmong under threat" {{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA26/003/2007 |title=Lao People's Democratic Republic: Hiding in the jungle - Hmong under threat | Amnesty International |access-date=4 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208112022/http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA26/003/2007 |archive-date=8 December 2014 }}</ref><ref name="auto4">The Centre for Public Policy Analysis, CPPA, Washington, D.C. (1 August 2013), http://www.centerforpublicpolicyanalysis.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406154059/http://www.centerforpublicpolicyanalysis.org/ |date=6 April 2008 }}</ref> | |||
The LPAF and its military intelligence play a role in the arrest, imprisonment and torture of foreign prisoners in Vientiane's [[Phonthong Prison]] and the communist Lao [[gulag]] system where Australians [[Kerry and Kay Danes]] were imprisoned and where civic activist [[Sombath Somphone]] may be imprisoned following his arrest in December 2012.<ref>Scoop Independent News, Auckland, New Zealand, (19 March 2013) "Laos Officials Criticized for Obstructing Investigation" http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1303/S00169/laos-officials-criticized-for-obstructing-investigation.htm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230410083111/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1303/S00169/laos-officials-criticized-for-obstructing-investigation.htm Archive])</ref> | |||
In 2013, attacks by the Lao People's Army against the [[Hmong people]] intensified, with soldiers killing four unarmed Hmong school teachers in addition to engaging in other human rights abuses according to the Lao Human Rights Council, the Centre for Public Policy Analysis and others.<ref>Businesswire, businesswire.com (4 March 2013) "Laos: Attacks Intensify Against Lao, Hmong People" http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130304006755/en/Laos-Attacks-Intensify-Lao-Hmong-People ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230410100739/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130304006755/en/Laos-Attacks-Intensify-Lao-Hmong-People Archive])</ref> | |||
On 17 May 2014, Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister [[Douangchay Phichit]] was killed in a plane crash, along with other officials.<ref>{{cite news |title=Laos Deputy PM Douangchay Phichit dies in plane crash |work=BBC News |date=17 May 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27452919 |access-date=9 June 2019 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411011033/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27452919 |url-status=live }}</ref> The officials were to participate in a ceremony to mark the liberation of the Plain of Jars from the former Royal Lao government forces.<ref name="theg_Laos">{{Cite web |title=Laos plane crash kills defence minister and senior officials |last=Williams |first=Martin |work=the Guardian |date=17 May 2014 |access-date=27 February 2019 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/17/laos-plane-crash-kills-defence-minister-wife-officials |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308165254/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/17/laos-plane-crash-kills-defence-minister-wife-officials |url-status=live }}</ref> Their Russian-built [[Antonov An-74|Antonov AN 74-300]] with 20 people on board crashed in [[Xiangkhouang]] Province.<ref name="PlaneCrash">{{cite news|title=Lao Defense Chief Among Plane Crash Victims|url=http://www.laosnews.net/index.php/sid/222069677/scat/a6670896145a3ae3/ht/Lao-Defense-Chief-Among-Plane-Crash-Victims|date=18 May 2014|access-date=17 May 2014|website=Laos News.Net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518044617/http://www.laosnews.net/index.php/sid/222069677/scat/a6670896145a3ae3/ht/Lao-Defense-Chief-Among-Plane-Crash-Victims|archive-date=18 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
==Equipment== | ==Equipment== | ||
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|[[Main battle tank]] | |[[Main battle tank]] | ||
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}<br>{{flag|Hungarian People's Republic}} | |{{flag|Soviet Union}}<br>{{flag|Hungarian People's Republic}} | ||
|85<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Trade Registers}}</ref> | |85<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Trade Registers|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422051706/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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| [[File:SA-7.jpg|120px]]||[[Strela-2]] || Surface-to-air missile || rowspan="5" | {{flag|Soviet Union}} || Unknown ||Received 100 launchers from Soviet Union in the 80s<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Trade Registers}}</ref> | | [[File:SA-7.jpg|120px]]||[[Strela-2]] || Surface-to-air missile || rowspan="5" | {{flag|Soviet Union}} || Unknown ||Received 100 launchers from Soviet Union in the 80s<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Trade Registers|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422051706/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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|[[File:M1939-37mm-hatzerim-1.jpg|120px]]||[[37 mm automatic air defence gun M1939 (61-K)]]|| Air defence gun || Unknown || | |[[File:M1939-37mm-hatzerim-1.jpg|120px]]||[[37 mm automatic air defence gun M1939 (61-K)]]|| Air defence gun || Unknown || | ||
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|{{US}} | |{{US}} | ||
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|[[Semi-automatic shotgun]] | |||
|[[12-gauge]] | |||
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|Used by Laotian special forces. | |||
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|[[File: Simonov-SKS-45.JPG|128x128px]] | |[[File: Simonov-SKS-45.JPG|128x128px]] | ||
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|[[7.62×39mm]] | |[[7.62×39mm]] | ||
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}||Standard service rifles for Laotian Armed Forces, including police officer and Lao People's army.<ref name=":3" /> | |{{flag|Soviet Union}}||Standard service rifles for Laotian Armed Forces, including police officer and Lao People's army.<ref name=":3" /> | ||
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|[[AK-12]] | |||
|[[Assault rifle]] | |||
|[[5.45x39mm]] | |||
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|Used by Laotian special forces. | |||
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| [[File:QBZ95 automatic rifle mod noBG.png|frameless|128x128px]] | | [[File:QBZ95 automatic rifle mod noBG.png|frameless|128x128px]] | ||
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* {{flag|Soviet Union}} [[160mm Mortar M1943|120mm: M-43]]<ref name="auto2"/> | * {{flag|Soviet Union}} [[160mm Mortar M1943|120mm: M-43]]<ref name="auto2"/> | ||
* {{flag|United States}} [[M2 4.2 inch mortar]] | * {{flag|United States}} [[M2 4.2 inch mortar]] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force]] | * [[Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force]] | ||
* [[Military ranks of the Lao People's Armed Forces]] | * [[Military ranks of the Lao People's Armed Forces]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:44, 18 November 2025
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The Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF) (Template:Langx) is the armed forces of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the institution of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
Organization
The LPRP statute states that its political leadership over the military emanates from the LPRP Central Committee's Defence and Public Security Commission (DPSC) and is the highest decision-making institution regarding military and security affairs. The DPSC is chaired by the LPRP General Secretary, making the officeholder the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.[1]
History
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According to some journalists, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), humanitarian and human rights organisations, the Lao People's Army has repeatedly engaged in egregious human rights violations and the practice of corruption in Laos.[2][3] The LPAF and its military intelligence play a role in the arrest, imprisonment and torture of foreign prisoners in Vientiane's Phonthong Prison and the communist Lao gulag system where Australians Kerry and Kay Danes were imprisoned and where civic activist Sombath Somphone may be imprisoned following his arrest in December 2012.[4]
In 2013, attacks by the Lao People's Army against the Hmong people intensified, with soldiers killing four unarmed Hmong school teachers in addition to engaging in other human rights abuses according to the Lao Human Rights Council, the Centre for Public Policy Analysis and others.[5]
On 17 May 2014, Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Douangchay Phichit was killed in a plane crash, along with other officials.[6] The officials were to participate in a ceremony to mark the liberation of the Plain of Jars from the former Royal Lao government forces.[7] Their Russian-built Antonov AN 74-300 with 20 people on board crashed in Xiangkhouang Province.[8]
Equipment
Tanks, armoured vehicles and trucks
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Artillery
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Air defence
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Weapons
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Mortars
- 81mm[26]
- 82mm[26]
- 120mm[21]
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- Template:Country data Soviet Union 120mm: M-43[26]
- Template:Country data United States M2 4.2 inch mortar
See also
References
External links
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- ↑ Scoop Independent News, Auckland, New Zealand, (19 March 2013) "Laos Officials Criticized for Obstructing Investigation" http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1303/S00169/laos-officials-criticized-for-obstructing-investigation.htm (Archive)
- ↑ Businesswire, businesswire.com (4 March 2013) "Laos: Attacks Intensify Against Lao, Hmong People" http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130304006755/en/Laos-Attacks-Intensify-Lao-Hmong-People (Archive)
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