China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a potential embarrassment for Beijing as it seeks to expand its military capabilities. China already has the largest […]
Open-source ship-tracking data showed that China has recently sent three research vessels to the Indian Ocean to survey the strategic waters that border its competitor, India. The movements of the Chinese ships—the Xiang Yang Hong […]
Chinese naval builder Dalian Shipbuilding has launched a new Type 055 “large destroyer”, the tenth overall, and commenced construction on a further hull. According to new commercial satellite imagery the builder has also laid down […]
China is in the process of developing its fourth aircraft carrier to rival the US fleet in the western Pacific, a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy admiral has announced. Speaking during an annual legislative meeting […]
China launched the first sea trials for the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier, which President Xi Jinping hopes will form the basis of his plan to transform his People’s Liberation Army (PLA) into a world-class […]
Chinese State media reported that Hina’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, set out on its first sea trial on Wednesday. “At about 8 o’clock on May 1, China’s third aircraft carrier Fujian unmoored from the […]
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55 Chinese sailors are feared dead after their nuclear submarine reportedly got stuck in its own trap and they ran out of oxygen. According to UK intelligence, the sub was snared by its own chain […]
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