China is undergoing rapid naval modernization under President Xi Jinping, to build a "world-class" military by 2049.

China is churning out aircraft carriers at high speed, moving from Soviet-style ski-jump decks on Liaoning and Shandong to ...

In 2019, China commissioned its first fully indigenously designed aircraft carrier, the Shandong, into service. When Chen's ...

Little boy whose father was a PLA soldier dreamed of a well-defended nation; developed lifelong fascination for the military ...

Indonesia lacks the capability to build a modern aircraft carrier. It has therefore looked to buy one instead. As it happens, Italy has one to sell. Another Asian nation is seeking to join the ...

Satellite imagery flagged by open-source analyst MT Anderson and captured by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 ...

Refueling an aircraft carrier isn't like pulling up to a gas station. In fact, for nuclear-powered carriers, the process is so involved and intense that it only happens once in the ship's entire ...

When aircraft are parked on the hangar deck inside the aircraft carrier, their wings are folded tightly, which reduces the aircraft’s footprint by as much as half. This is why modern fighters like the ...