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 ...

The Type 001 aircraft carrier, China's first indigenously-produced carrier and the country's second after the Liaoning, followed suit Monday. The focus of the carrier trials, the second this year ...

Key Point: China’s carrier fleet is still a work in progress. Is China’s newest aircraft carrier half-full or half-empty? That depends on how you look at the vessel’s aircraft capacity.

The Chinese state media claimed that the country's first domestically built aircraft carrier is now capable of conducting "round-the-clock operations" in complex weather conditions. A J-15 fighter ...

A United States nuclear-powered aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea this week, following a bilateral naval exercise with Washington's ally the Philippines. USS Carl Vinson ...