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![China, Russia Launch First Military Drills in Baltic Sea China, Russia Launch First Military Drills in Baltic Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-ofibnqxrowhm0vrvnotfhzoaie0rw83k.jpg)
China, Russia Launch First Military Drills in Baltic Sea
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Beijing and Moscow carry out exercises amid concerns from European states.
![China Launches Next-Generation Guided-Missile Destroyer China Launches Next-Generation Guided-Missile Destroyer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-l8nlzmy.jpg)
China Launches Next-Generation Guided-Missile Destroyer
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A new domestically-produced warship was launched in Shanghai on June 28.
![Who Will Command China's New SSBN Fleet? Who Will Command China's New SSBN Fleet?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-02-14_15-21-39.jpg)
Who Will Command China's New SSBN Fleet?
By David C. Logan
How will China use its fledgling ballistic missile submarine fleet?
![What Happened at Sri Lanka’s Maritime Security Conference This Year? What Happened at Sri Lanka’s Maritime Security Conference This Year?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-09_13-21-14.jpg)
What Happened at Sri Lanka’s Maritime Security Conference This Year?
By Rajni Gamage
A brief look at some of the key issues explored at the seventh iteration of the Galle Dialogue last month.
![Let's Talk About the Chinese Navy's Type 055 Destroyer Let's Talk About the Chinese Navy's Type 055 Destroyer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-28_16-55-03.jpg)
Let's Talk About the Chinese Navy's Type 055 Destroyer
By Robert Farley
What does the People's Liberation Army Navy have in store for the Type 055?
![Meet the Future PLA Carrier Strike Group: Main Equipment of the Chinese PLA Navy Meet the Future PLA Carrier Strike Group: Main Equipment of the Chinese PLA Navy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-21_20-48-58.jpg)
Meet the Future PLA Carrier Strike Group: Main Equipment of the Chinese PLA Navy
By Ben Lowsen
Summary of main equipment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
![China: Pushing the Envelope in the East China Sea? China: Pushing the Envelope in the East China Sea?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-10_12-06-01.jpg)
China: Pushing the Envelope in the East China Sea?
By Yuki Tatsumi
How the U.S. and Japan can respond to China's recent moves in the East China Sea.
![China’s Navy Conducts South China Sea Drills Involving Paracel and Spratly Islands China’s Navy Conducts South China Sea Drills Involving Paracel and Spratly Islands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-16_16-40-02.jpg)
China’s Navy Conducts South China Sea Drills Involving Paracel and Spratly Islands
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s annual South China Sea combat drill kicked off this Wednesday.
![Going Blue: The Transformation of China’s Navy Going Blue: The Transformation of China’s Navy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-15_13-24-06.jpg)
Going Blue: The Transformation of China’s Navy
By Andrew Poulin
Chinese naval vessels are increasingly operating father and farther away from their home waters.
![Confirmed: China Is Building a Second Aircraft Carrier Confirmed: China Is Building a Second Aircraft Carrier](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-02_15-25-19.jpg)
Confirmed: China Is Building a Second Aircraft Carrier
By Shannon Tiezzi
The carrier will be China’s second, but the first to be indigenously-built.
![China's South Sea Fleet Gets Another Guided Missile Destroyer China's South Sea Fleet Gets Another Guided Missile Destroyer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-16_16-40-02.jpg)
China's South Sea Fleet Gets Another Guided Missile Destroyer
By Shannon Tiezzi
The latest of China's most advanced guided missile destroyers will likely show up in the South China Sea.
![In New White Paper, China's Military Embraces Global Mission In New White Paper, China's Military Embraces Global Mission](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-11_15-29-59.jpg)
In New White Paper, China's Military Embraces Global Mission
By Shannon Tiezzi
China envisions a global role for its military --especially its navy -- to protect overseas interests.