China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has rapidly expanded its aircraft carrier fleet, with three carriers in service and a fourth rumored to be nuclear-powered. By the 2030s, China aims to ...
The U.S. has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet with 11 in service. China ranks second with three ships. The Nimitz remained underway in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Naval Institute ...
It entered service in 2012 but was not deemed combat-ready until four years later. Given its origins, China's Liaoning resembles Russia's sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. The Shandong ...