China is working hard to catch up to the United States in terms of naval superiority. Here's how many ships it plans to build ...
That prediction would see China building aircraft-carriers at more than twice the clip of America, which plans to build only ...
A recent Department of Defense report indicated that China would seek to build an additional six aircraft carriers for the People’s Liberation Army Navy over the next decade.
China, a major power with the world’s numerically largest navy, could adopt a nuclear-powered design for its next aircraft carrier as the military giant extends its reach in the Pacific, analysts say.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lyle Goldstein is director of Asia Engagement at Defense Priorities. In late September, the Chinese navy made public the remarkable tests of its new Fujian aircraft carrier, sparking ...
Displacing more than 80,000 tons, the Type 003 Fujian is the largest warship built in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and it is also the first catapult-equipped carrier to enter service with the ...
China acquired naval platforms from Russia to rapidly boost its capabilities throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
A U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet crashed separately into the South China Sea within the space of an hour during routine operations conducted from the same aircraft carrier on Sunday, the U.S.