What You Need to Know: China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is rapidly expanding its aircraft carrier fleet, with three carriers operational and a fourth, sometimes rumored to be ...
Most China watchers assume that leaders in Beijing always want to go on the offensive militarily, whether it is attacking ...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy faces a significant crisis due to its continued reliance on aircraft carriers despite the rise of anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) systems developed by adversaries ...
"Even if Xi Jinping decided to stop building carriers today, China’s A2/AD bubble is sufficient to stymie the Americans. The U.S. Navy is forced to keep its own aircraft carriers outside the First ...