For nearly a decade, the U.S. Navy enjoyed uncontested superiority at sea with the F-35C, the world’s first and only ...

China is challenging US naval dominance. The People's Liberation Army Navy received its first J-35 stealth fighters. This ...

China’s Rise as a Naval Power and What’s at Stake for the US. ... It has well over 340 battle force ships compared to the U.S. navy which is just around 300, or a little under 300.

In its 2025 white paper, Japan's Defense Ministry said the world faces the most perilous security environment since World War ...

The United States faces a naval shipbuilding dilemma. On the one hand, China now has the world’s largest number of battle force ships, with over 370 platforms compared to 291 for the United States.

But for now, one thing is as clear as the aqua-blue waters that lap up on the shores of China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea: Beijing’s naval fleet is larger than that of the U.S. Navy.

At a conference earlier this month, more than 200 naval experts gathered at the United States Naval War College to discuss these concerns and the broader challenges posed by China’s expanded ...

As President Donald Trump looks to wrap up U.S. involvement in the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, questions abound on whether ...

This is part of China’s long game of controlling the South China Sea and projecting naval power far beyond its shores. It fears a conflict over Taiwan and losing its sea access to the U.S. and ...

On December 17, 2020, the U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) jointly issued a new maritime strategy entitled Advantage at Sea: Prevailing with Integrated ...

The United States has upgraded its naval power to keep China at bay by deploying an ... Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Wolpert/U.S. Navy. This came amid China's rapid naval buildup ...

The People’s Liberation Army Navy does enjoy major advantages over those naval forces, but China’s fleet is not an equal to the U.S. Navy, he said. China’s frigate Yuncheng (L) and missile ...