Global tensions are on the rise after a fleet of Chinese naval vessels was spotted operating in disputed waters off the coast ...

The U.S. aims to use the First Island Chain—comprising Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines—to restrict China's naval access to ...

Warships spotted in the Miyako Strait, a waterway in Japan's southwestern islands, and later seen operating just 229 miles ...

Meanwhile, the US fleet sits under 300 ships, and the Pentagon’s goal is to have 350 manned ships, still well behind China, by 2045, according to the US Navy’s Navigation Plan 2022 released ...

The Chinese navy's growing fleet of destroyers is comprised of 41 active ships, which belong to eight classes, according to a 2022 estimate by military data site Global Firepower. In addition to ...

He covers U.S.-China relations ... the U.S. Navy's total, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Vertical launch systems, introduced on U.S. Navy ships in the ...

China has the world's largest coast guard fleet, and it's still building up on an ambitious scale. It's been taking ships from its navy and could be getting its own vessel modeled after a destroyer.

The number of China navy and coast guard ships in the region, which a Taiwan security source told Reuters remained at around 90, was "very alarming", and China was taking aim at other countries in ...

Taiwan is on high alert in response to China’s unannounced deployment of naval and Coast Guard ships, as tensions rise over U.S. support for the island. By David Pierson and Amy Chang Chien ...

Projections by Navy leaders that the U.S. could be at war with the Chinese by 2027 is driving the sea service to revamp how it repairs and upgrades ships and train crews so more of the fleet is ...

Setting off on Feb 21, 2024 from Zhanjiang, the 46th fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy traveled over 160,000 nautical miles during its 339-day voyage, escorting ships during ...