The Chinese navy said the two aircraft carriers conducted drills in the western Pacific that enhanced their combat ...

It’s not the first time China has built an aircraft carrier target in the desert. Since 2003, a large concrete pad, roughly the size of a carrier, has been used as a target .

The Chinese military built full-scale targets of U.S. warships -- including an aircraft carrier -- in the middle of a desert in Northwest China known for ballistic missile testing, according to a ...

Like the first, this new target shares the same dimensions as a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. Work on the new target started on or before June 25, based on a historical review of satellite imagery.

The first simultaneous deployment of two Chinese carrier groups beyond the strategically vital First Island Chain took place ...

China has a new carrier-shaped target, and it looks like the US Navy's Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. Satellite images show the suspected target on a range in the desert.

China has built another mock vessel that resembles the U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier and will likely use it for target practice for its “growing missile arsenal,” according to a ...

US-Chinese relations have deteriorated significantly in recent years over issues ranging from trade and espionage to China's brutal assault in democratic freedoms in Hong Kong and China's threats ...

China's new Ford model is just 2.8 miles from another full-size aircraft carrier mockup that was spotted in 2021 and matched the new American ship's profile, but wasn't as detailed.

China blew up the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, with hypersonic missiles in a menacing simulation — which Chinese researchers say proves the US Navy warship could ...