Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: China’s island fortresses in the South China Sea are usually told as a military story — the runways, the missiles,...
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The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: Most people picture China’s South China Sea islands as little more than runways carved out of the sea. The reality...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: It was supposed to be one of the great strategic masterstrokes of the century. Over more than a decade, China...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
U.S. officials estimate China intends to operate nine aircraft carriers by 2035 — a tripling of its current three-ship fleet in just a decade....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Chinese Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark naval fighter pitched up 80 degrees and crashed on the Type 001 Liaoning aircraft carrier during a 2016...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Chinese Navy plans to build 6 new aircraft carriers by the 2030s. This will bring China’s total to 9 carriers by 2035. The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy is now the world’s largest by hull count—and Beijing’s shipbuilding capacity is reportedly 230 times that of the United...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China Launched 10 Nuclear Submarines Between 2021 and 2025 — Surpassing the U.S. Production Rate for the First Time A series of reports and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary: China has refined a “Clausewitzian” defensive posture by evolving its Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities into a nearly impenetrable multi-domain bubble. What You Need...