2018/2019 that China might possess five or six aircraft carriers by the 2030s. In the years after 1985 China acquired four retired aircraft carriers for study...

Fujian (18; Chinese: 福建舰; pinyin: Fújiàn Jiàn), named after Fujian province, is a Chinese aircraft carrier serving in the People's Liberation Army Navy...

The Type 004 aircraft carrier is a planned supercarrier of the People's Liberation Army Navy's aircraft carrier programme. It is intended to be an iteration...

Shandong (17; Chinese: 山东舰; pinyin: Shāndōng Jiàn) is a Chinese aircraft carrier that was launched on 26 April 2017 for the People's Liberation Army Navy...

Liaoning (16; Chinese: 辽宁舰; pinyin: Liáoníng Jiàn) is a Chinese Type 001 aircraft carrier. The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People's Liberation...

designation Project 1143.5, is a class of STOBAR aircraft carriers operated by the Russian and Chinese navies. Originally designed for the Soviet Navy...

The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy consists of two vessels. The lead ship of her class, HMS Queen Elizabeth...

The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal...

The Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are currently being constructed for the United States Navy, which intends to eventually acquire...

additional 12–48 aircraft. The fighters were intended to be used with the fledgling Chinese aircraft carrier programme, with the former Soviet carrier Varyag as...

The Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū (雲龍, Cloud Dragon) was the lead ship of her class of fleet aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy...

Chiyoda (千代田, "Thousandth-Generation Field") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Originally constructed as...

launch, adding muscle to aircraft carrier group". South China Morning Post. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023. "China's Type 054B Next-Gen Frigate...

the newest diesel-electric submarine in Chinese navy became the first customer. Although the official Chinese source had not mentioned the exact class...

converted quickly into aircraft carriers in time of conflict. Taigei was ordered as part of the 1st Naval Armaments Supplement Programme of 1932. Although...

in People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). They are used by the Chinese aircraft carrier programme to support sea trials, and...

strengthen the air defense and to further delay the construction of aircraft carriers due to insufficient air cover, submarines will continue to play the...

military production. China is also developing power projection military capabilities such as through the Chinese aircraft carrier programme and the Type 071...

Gyrfalcon (Chinese: 鹘鹰; pinyin: Gǔ yīng), also known as the J-31 or J-35, is a Chinese prototype mid-sized twinjet 5th-generation fighter aircraft developed...

of their history and potential use in naval conflict. Chinese aircraft carrier programme China Coast Guard Dalian Naval Academy List of ships of the People's...

French Navy's future aircraft carrier. Safran Aircraft Engines will be the prime contractor for the next-generation fighter aircraft engine, taking the...

The Chinese submarine with the hull number 201 is a Chinese diesel–electric auxiliary submarine. It is used to test systems and technologies, including...

said China needed at least three aircraft carriers for its fleet. During the same month, another Chinese official announced that two aircraft carriers were...

its fighter aircraft industry. West Germany, the UK and Italy opted out and established a new European Fighter Aircraft (EFA) programme. In Turin, on...

constructed by the People's Republic of China for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The first-generation of Chinese nuclear submarines, the Type 091...

2015). "China Develops Aircraft Carrier Group Leader". Afcea International. AFCEA. Retrieved 24 May 2019. McDevitt: pages 61 Joe, Rick. "The Chinese Navy's...

Retrieved 23 January 2017. Bussert, James C. (1 November 2015). "China Develops Aircraft Carrier Group Leader". Afcea International. AFCEA. Retrieved 24 May...

firing in salvos can potentially overwhelm an enemy fleet, including an aircraft carrier battle group. Although an offensive missile attack poses a threat to...

done. They are usually used on aircraft carriers as a form of assisted take off. In the form used on aircraft carriers the catapult consists of a track...

submarines. The Chinese variant became known as the Type 033, of which China built a total of 84 between 1962 and 1984. During the 1970s, China's ambition to...