Key Points and Summary – China’s construction of a fourth, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier signals a monumental leap in its strategic ambitions. -Nuclear power will...
Key Points and Summary – China’s new aircraft carriers, including the catapult-equipped Fujian, will complicate Western sea control, but they are not untouchable. -The...
Key Points and Summary – China’s J-15 “Flying Shark” carrier fighter is a direct clone, reverse-engineered from a Russian Su-33 prototype acquired from Ukraine...
Key Points and Summary – Beijing faces overlapping clocks on Taiwan: political pressure to show progress as growth and demography worsen; uneven military readiness...
Key Points and Summary – China has started building the nuclear-powered Type 004 supercarrier, with satellite imagery from Dalian indicating keel work underway. -Projected...
Key Points and Summary – China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy is rapidly expanding into a true blue-water force built for power projection and deterrence,...
Article Summary – China’s Aircraft Carriers: Useful—But Fewer, Humbler, Closer to Home -China’s aircraft carriers make sense only when tailored to its near-seas problem...
Key Points and Summary – China’s Type 003 Fujian carrier has completed electromagnetic catapult and arrested-landing trials with J-35 stealth fighters, J-15T strike jets,...