China Defense Industry

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China’s Liaoning Carrier Group Drills in the Philippine Sea Ahead of Keen Sword

China's aircraft carrier Liaoning has pushed into the Philippine Sea with three escorts, launching fighters and helicopters just south of Japan's southern islands, according to...

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How Many Aircraft Carriers Does China Have? Liaoning to Fujian

China has three aircraft carriers in service: the Liaoning, the Shandong and the Fujian, which was commissioned in November 2025. That gives it the second-largest...

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How Many Nuclear Weapons Does China Have? Warheads and Missiles

China has about 620 nuclear warheads, according to the Federation of American Scientists' 2026 estimate, making it the world's third-largest nuclear power after Russia and...

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What Fighter Jets Does China Have? J-20, J-35, J-16 and J-10C

China has the largest air force in Asia and the second-largest fleet of stealth fighters in the world. The Pentagon counts more than 3,100 aircraft...

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What Missiles Does China Have? DF-41, DF-26, DF-17 and More

China has the largest and most varied land-based missile force in the world. The Pentagon estimated in 2024 that the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force...

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PL-15, the Chinese Missile That Rattled Western Air Forces

The PL-15 is China’s standard long-range air-to-air missile, an AESA-seeker weapon credited by analysts with 200 kilometers or more of reach and thrust into headlines...

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DF-17, the Chinese Hypersonic Glide Missile Explained

The DF-17 is China’s first operational hypersonic glide vehicle missile, unveiled with 16 launchers at the October 2019 Beijing parade and credited by Western analysts...

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DF-26, the Missile That Put Guam on the Front Line

Guam sits 3,000 kilometers from China, a distance that once meant sanctuary and now means targeting data. The DF-26 is the missile that erased that...