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Liaoning
China's Building Second Aircraft Carrier
By Zachary Keck
USS Cowpens Incident Reveals Strategic Mistrust Between U.S. and China
By Carl Thayer
INS Vikramaditya and the Aircraft Carrier Debate
By Abhijit Singh
Foreign Firms Under Siege In China
By Shannon Tiezzi
China’s Aircraft Carrier is South China Sea Bound
Plus, Pakistan unveiled its first two domestically built drones. Tuesday defense and security links.
China’s Carrier-Based J-15 Likely Enters Mass Production
China’s state media reports suggest the J-15 has entered mass production but can’t take off with bombs.
Aircraft Carriers or Not? Flattops in the Pacific
A number of countries are building amphibious ships with the potential to operate fixed-wing aircraft. Could an arms race ensue?
China Says it’s Building More Aircraft Carriers and Ballistic Missiles
Plus, Japan’s Ground Self Defense Forces will participate in RIMPAC for 1st time. Wednesday defense links.
Why China is Building More Aircraft Carriers
“Let’s not assume the PLA Navy is in any hurry to equal the capabilities found in U.S. nuclear-powered flattops.”
Keeping China’s Second Aircraft Carrier in Perspective
New pictures suggest that China is building its first domestically made aircraft carrier. What are the implications?
Time For a Better "Naval Vocabulary"
Recent examples show that naming conventions for various warship classes are far from imperfect.
One Landing Does Not Make a Carrier
While China’s new carrier has landed aircraft on the flight deck, major challenges still remain.