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chinese navy news

China hints its fourth aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered

China hints its fourth aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered
Updated on Apr 25, 2026 06:57 pm IST

China didn’t violate any rules with its live-fire naval exercises. So, why are Australia and NZ so worried?

China didn’t violate any rules with its live-fire naval exercises. So, why are Australia and NZ so worried?
Published on Feb 25, 2025 11:21 am IST

US sees Taiwan challenge from China: Will QUAD under Trump, PM Modi stand up?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Donald Trump (File photo)
Updated on Jan 24, 2025 06:27 pm IST

Taiwan says Chinese aircraft, vessels operated around its territory

Chinese vessels have been spotted on Taiwanese waters several times in the past as well.
Updated on Dec 26, 2024 09:04 am IST

Chinese spy ship to reach Male, Indian Navy keeps a watch

Chinese spy ship Xiang Yang Hong 03.
Updated on Feb 08, 2024 08:04 am IST

55 Chinese sailors dead after vessel stuck in its own ‘trap’: Report

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Navy's nuclear-powered submarine
Published on Oct 05, 2023 12:31 pm IST

Taiwan reveals its first homegrown submarine in defence milestone

Taiwan's domestically-made submarine during the naming and launching ceremony of domestically-made submarines at CSBC Corp's shipyards in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan,
Published on Sept 28, 2023 11:45 am IST

China never provided tenable explanation for 2020 border actions: Jaishankar

S Jaishankar, external affairs minister. (Bloomberg)
Published on Sept 27, 2023 08:43 am IST

India extends its sea legs to Oman and Mauritius to monitor Indian Ocean Region

Chinese surveillance vessel Shi Yan 6 is entering the Indian Ocean Region on September 23 and expected to dock at Colombo on September 29.
Published on Sept 22, 2023 06:00 am IST

Navy deploys aircraft to rescue 39 on Chinese ship that sank; two bodies found

P8I aircraft carried out multiple searches despite adverse weather, the Indian Navy said.
Updated on May 18, 2023 08:50 pm IST

China sends aircraft carrier, 8 warships to seas near Japan

A PLA-N Luyang-class guided missile destroyer and a PLA-N Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dock vessel leave the Torres Strait and enter the Coral Sea. (REUTERS/FILE)
Updated on May 04, 2022 01:33 am IST

China media ridicules US F-35 accident with PLA naval aviation still to take-off

US F-18 taking off an Nimitz class super carrier.
Published on Jan 29, 2022 11:48 am IST

Navy seeks amendment to 30-year submarine plan, wants six nuclear boats

India's sole nuclear powered submarine (SSN) INS Chakra, which is on lease from Russia.
Published on May 18, 2021 08:48 am IST

Navy to get aircraft carrier Vikrant, missile destroyer Visakhapatnam in 2021

India’s sole aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in joint patrol with USS Nimitz during 2017 Malabar exercises
Published on Apr 27, 2021 10:25 am IST

In a first, China, Pak navies deploy submarines in strategic Arabian Sea drills

The Arabian Sea region is strategically important for India as major ports including Kandla, Okha , Mumbai, Nhava Sheva (Navi Mumbai) and Kochi are located there.
Updated on Jan 08, 2020 06:52 pm IST

Chinese warships in Indian Ocean spotted by surveillance network

Indian Navy’sP-8I spy planes successfully track Chinese amphibious warship Xian-32 in Southern Indian Ocean Region. Pics of Landing Paltrorm Dock Xian 32 clicked by P-8I surveillance aircraft in 1st half of Sept before it entered Sri Lankan waters.(Pic source:Indian Navy sources)
Updated on Sept 17, 2019 01:23 am IST

Chinese navy launches two new guided missile destroyers: Report

Two Type 052D guided missile destroyers were launched last Friday in China’s Dalian, a coastal city, state-run Global Times reported.
Updated on May 13, 2019 01:32 pm IST

China silent on Pak’s navy parade absence, clubs New Delhi ties with Islamabad

Chinese president Xi Jinping reviews a naval parade with Chinese and foreign military ships held in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the sea near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province, Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
Updated on Apr 25, 2019 07:26 pm IST

80 new warships in 5 years: Indian Navy’s concern at China’s growing marine reach

The Chinese Navy added 80 warships in last five years and is “a force which is here to stay”, Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba said during a session on Indo-Pacific at Raisina Dialogue.
Published on Jan 09, 2019 11:36 pm IST

Aussie PM says country will sail in South China Sea after ‘Chinese face-off’

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull, however, did not comment on the specific ‘face-off’ incident between Australian ships and Chinese Navy.
Updated on Apr 20, 2018 12:32 pm IST

China stages maritime exercise in South China Sea as US nuclear carrier sails by

The guided missile frigate Handan under the PLAN Northern Theatre Command prepares to conduct deep sea anchoring during a maritime training exercise in waters off the Yellow Sea in March 2018.
Updated on Apr 12, 2018 05:48 pm IST