NEW DELHI—India commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier Friday as it seeks to counter regional rival China’s much larger and growing fleet, and expand its own indigenous shipbuilding capabilities. The INS Vikrant, whose name is a Sanskrit word for “powerful” or “courageous,” is India’s second operational aircraft carrier, joining the Soviet-era INS Vikramaditya that it […]
China is delaying the launch of its type three aircraft carrier, the long-awaited next-generation warship designed to compete with the United States. So why the delay? We hear from China Insider David Zhang, who spoke to former naval officer Michael Cisek.
China delays the launch of its Type 003 carrier—the long-awaited next-generation warship to compete with the United States. Is the reason technical, political, or something else? We have Michael Cisek to break down the details. Plus, a Chinese company is trying to match Starlink, the internet satellite system by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. What is that […]
China delays the launch of its Type 003 carrier—the long-awaited next-generation warship to compete with the United States. Is the reason technical, political, or something else? We have Michael Cisek to break down the details. Plus, a Chinese company is trying to match Starlink, the internet satellite system by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. What is that […]
China, Japan, and the U.S. all have aircraft carrier groups stationed in the western pacific right now. That’s as tensions keep rising over the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning set sail on what was called a “routine mission” last week.
U.S. navy ships are gathering en masse in the Indo-Pacific region. According to a strategic study unit out of China’s Peking University—satellites have captured the “Carl Vinson” aircraft carrier strike group sailing into waters north of the disputed Spratly Islands. Both China and the Philippines claim the islands as their own.
New satellite images show that China’s third aircraft carrier—which is under construction—could be launching in just three to six months, according to an analysis by American think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies.
A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea as part of a routine mission, the U.S. Navy said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims most of the disputed waterway.
