Blue-water ambitions: Is China looking beyond its neighborhood …
Sep 1, 2023 · To sustain a global reach, the People’s Liberation Army Navy will need places for those blue-water ships to refuel and replenish provisions far from home.
Expert’s warning to US Navy on China: Bigger fleet almost ... - CNN
Jan 16, 2023 · The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) surpassed the US Navy in fleet size sometime around 2020 and now has around 340 warships, according to the Pentagon’s 2022 China Military Power Report ...
China’s newest aircraft carrier heads to sea for first time
May 1, 2024 · With a displacement of 80,000 metric tons, the Fujian dwarfs the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) two active carriers, the 66,000-ton Shandong and the 60,000-ton Liaoning.
China has built the world’s largest navy. Now what’s Beijing going …
Mar 6, 2021 · Corvettes form the biggest chunk of the People’s Liberation Army Navy fleet, with 72 in service as of February 2021, according to a report in state-run Global Times.
China blames Canada for ‘malicious, provocative’ moves after …
Nov 6, 2023 · The incident was the second of two “unsafe” encounters the Canadian chopper had on that day with Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy J-11 fighters, which got as close as 100 feet (30 ...
Xi shakes up China’s military in rethink of how to ‘fight and win ...
Apr 27, 2024 · In a surprise move last week, Chinese leader Xi Jinping scrapped the Strategic Support Force (SSF), a military branch he created in 2015 to integrate the People’s Liberation Army’s space ...
China-Taiwan tensions: Chinese submarine’s alleged surprise show ...
Dec 3, 2021 · In November, its fourth Type 55 destroyer, the Anshan, joined the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) fleet and a fifth is expected to do so by year’s end, Naval News reported.
Japan claims Chinese Y-9 military plane violated its territorial ...
Aug 27, 2024 · Japan says a Chinese military intelligence-gathering aircraft entered its territorial airspace off remote islands in the East China Sea on Monday, the first time Tokyo has accused the People’s ...
Taiwan reports record number of Chinese warships in waters …
Jul 17, 2023 · The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) activity in the 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. local time Saturday followed exercises earlier last week that saw dozens of Chinese warplanes fly past the ...
Guangdong, China: Satellite imagery shows new mystery aircraft …
Nov 1, 2024 · Built in Shanghai, carrier Fujian and the Type 076 are the crown jewels of a military expansion that has seen Beijing grow its navy into the world’s largest, with more than 340 warships to its name.