China is rapidly expanding its naval fleet, now boasting over 370 active warships, surpassing the U.S. Navy's 292 vessels.

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

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 ...

"Finally an image of the fourth Type 075 [amphibious assault ship], based with South Sea Fleet, with her hull number and supposedly close to service entry." The Pentagon's Chinese military power ...

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 ...

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 most powerful ships of the U.S. and Chinese navies are aircraft carriers. The U.S. Navy fields a total of 11 carriers, with six assigned to the Pacific Fleet. Each is equipped with an air wing ...

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 ...

But as VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb reports, while the Chinese navy keeps growing, the number of ships in the U.S. fleet is decreasing. VOA footage by Mary Cieslak, Adam Greenbaum ...