From 2011 to 2024, China's defense budget surged by 76%. In 2023 alone, military spending hit 1.55 trillion yuan (roughly ...

At this year’s Two Sessions, Beijing has shown its determination to sharpen its narrative about Taiwan. Read more at ...

President Prabowo Subianto has plans to modernize the country’s military, but there is a hole at the center of his strategy.

The coronation of George VI in 1937 saw an influx of diverse international cars in London, each with unique licence plates ...

China's shipbuilding industry is massive. The blurred lines between its commercial and military industries give it an edge.

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 ...

A naval fighter jet crashed during a training exercise in southern China, the People’s Liberation ... no damage was caused on the ground, the PLA Navy said in a statement on social media.

A blizzard of design changes by the military have put production of the USS Constellation years behind schedule and millions ...

Defence has retired a third of its warships since the Albanese government came to power three years ago, exposing the navy’s diminished capability to keep in check Chinese forays such as its ...

The U.S. Navy has only four active public shipyards. Meanwhile, China has at least 35 sites with known ties to military or national security projects, according to CSIS researchers Matthew ...

That fact was noted by Chinese netizens on social media, where the PLA Navy deployment has received significant attention. “Our 055 went to Australia for live-fire exercises, and they conducted ...