The U.S. isn't the only military with designs on invading the smartphone world. China's armed forces are starting to fill the app gap with a new iPhone program from the People's Liberation Army. Wired:

China's Ministry of Defense announced Monday that it was releasing an official app for iPhones and iPads to let users keep up on People's Liberation Army (PLA) goings-on. It's a newsreader app that lets users view press releases, pictures and video from official military outlets like the PLA Daily newspaper and China's Ministry of Defense.

Peng Guangqian, a retired PLA general and a strategist at China's Academy of Military Science, told the state-run newspaper China Daily that cooperation with a cool company like Apple will help the military be more hip and transparent.

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