Liaoning

The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Type 001 Liaoning successfully—even infamously—jump-started Beijing’s carrier program. The story of how the flattop was originally built for the Soviet Navy as the Kuznetsov-class aircraft cruiser Riga, has been...

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) currently operates two aircraft carriers, the Type 001 Liaoning (CVS-16) and the Type 002 Shandong (CVS-17), while its third flattop, the Type 003 Fujian...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: China currently has two aircraft carriers, with a third in early construction, and a fourth planned for sometime in the mid 2020 or 2030s. Their...

Here’s What You Need To Know: Two aircraft carriers that are based on 1980s technology, which is what China has right now, are in no way close to as capable as modern...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The existence of the Chinese electromagnetic catapult, a technology first developed and integrated by the U.S. Navy in recent years, certainly raises the question as to whether...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In 1996 a group of PLA officers including intelligence chief Gen. Ji Shengde approached Xu Zengping, a former PLA basketball star who had become a successful...

The People’s Liberation Army Navy sailed the aircraft carrier Liaoning through the Miyako Strait just south of Okinawa earlier this week. The Liaoning also conducted drills with J-15 fighters and...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Efforts from China, India, and others to purchase aircraft carriers from Russia and other countries have often resulted in long delays and expensive cost overruns....

Here’s What You Need to Remember: This new class, designated Type 003, is the first Chinese carrier constructed using a modern, modular construction method. The modules, known as “superlifts” each weigh...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The ship was antiquated by that time, and the Australians had removed all the modern and sensitive technology, but that didn’t stop Chinese engineers from...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Even as it was being scrapped, some sources suggest the Chinese continued to study every aspect of HMAS Melbourne. By the end of the decade,...

Here’s What You Need to Know: In a high-intensity conflict with the United States, the PLA Navy would likely struggle to use its carriers without exposing them to unacceptably high levels...