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 ...

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 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'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.

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

Satellite images have surfaced, suggesting that the Chinese military is practicing strikes on replicas of U,S. fighter jets. The images, taken in May, show a model aircraft carrier and over 20 ...

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 ...

China has the world's second-largest aircraft-carrier fleet, with two of them in service—CNS Liaoning and CNS Shandong—and one under testing—CNS Fujian.The United States has 11 "flat-tops ...