Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 13 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of March 21.

Options for the combat element of the 10th Carrier Aviation Brigade include the newly delivered Shenyang J-35 for the ...

Liaoning is China’s first naval aircraft carrier. In the 1980s, it was built in a shipyard in Mykolaiv as a unit of Project ...

China is trying to transform its first aircraft carrier, currently a training vessel, into a combat ship ready to wage war, a senior officer has revealed. Lu Qianqiang, the Liaoning's executive ...

The Admiral Kuznetsov is Russia's sole aircraft carrier, which the Liaoning is based on. Both ships have the same size, speed, and feature the "ski jump" platform. The Kuznetsov lacks the ...

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) crashed during a training exercise in Hainan ...

G7 accused China of seeking to ‘unilaterally alter status quo in such a way as to risk undermining the stability of regions’ ...

The J-15, a reverse-engineered Russian Su-33, has long been criticized for its underwhelming WS-10 engines, short combat range, and high maintenance demands. It also struggles with ski-jump takeoff ...

although the new ship is longer that China’s two preceding carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong, constructed along Soviet models and technology. The installation of three catapults on its ...

The Liaoning, China's first operational aircraft carrier, was spotted at its home port in Qingdao in China's Shandong province on Thursday, according to satellite imagery. This photograph captured ...