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.

The Fujian is undoubtedly impressive—but its aircraft sortie rates still trail far behind comparable US carriers due to a handful of critical design flaws.

China acquired naval platforms from Russia to rapidly boost its capabilities throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

That prediction would see China building aircraft-carriers at more than twice the clip of America, which plans to build only ...

The Hainan and its three sister ships are expected to form the backbone of the PLA Navy’s large-scale landing capability.

Although “aircraft carriers” come in many sizes and shapes, the largest and most advanced supercarriers all fit a ...

Whilst on the topic of amphibious vessels, China's first new-generation Type 076 amphibious assault ship, Sichuan, began sea trials last year. This 252m-long, 45,000-tonne vessel is one of the largest ...

China’s state broadcaster has aired an unusually detailed look at how the PLA Navy ...

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) claims that its new YJ-18C missile could be the ...