Money to design the future carrier air wing is at the top of the Navy’s $7.4 billion annual wish list, according to a document reviewed by USNI News. The Fiscal Year 2026 unfunded priorities list ...

A foreign colleague of mine asked me recently, “What is a safe distance from potential People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force’s (PLARF) Taiwan targets?” This article will answer this question and ...

To further intimidate Taipei, the PLA Rocket Force tested its latest ballistic missiles. These were carried by wheeled transporters and could be prepared for launch within minutes.

It would act independently yet in mutually supportive fashion with other PLARF (PLA Rocket Force), PLA Navy and PLAAF operations that would carry their own arsenals.

Developments over the past 18 months suggest that the PLA is accelerating modernisation, with an aim to strengthen joint missions and operations at distance from China ...

This also allows PLA Navy crews to train and experience with the handling of a CATOBAR aircraft before the future naval J-35s enter service.

HONG KONG : China's aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong carried out dual aircraft carrier formation exercises for the first time in the South China Sea, the PLA navy said, a move that sets ...

The PLA Navy operates the Liaoning and the Shandong as its two active aircraft carriers. China's third carrier, the Fujian, was unveiled in June 2022.

China's aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong carried out dual aircraft carrier formation exercises for the first time in the South China Sea, the PLA navy said, a move that sets China's navy up ...

The PLA navy announced that China's aircraft carriers Liaoning, Shandong, and Xiamen conducted dual carrier formation exercises in the South China Sea for the first.