Reading Time: 7 minutes by Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd). The recently leaked U.S. intelligence documents have an aspect that is overlooked by many — the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF). The leaked top-secret documents reveal a report by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff intelligence directorate, which talks about a successful test by PLARF in February 2023, of a new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile called the DF-27.