The world has been caught up in the hype surrounding China’s first aircraft carrier, the ex-Soviet vessel Varyag, which conducted its first sea trials last month. Debates about its role in ...

May 30, 2006: The mystery, of what China is doing with the former Russian aircraft carrier Varyag, continues. The Chinese appear to be doing some kind of work on the Varyag, one of two Kuznetsov class ...

China recently demonstrated its naval strength with its first dual aircraft carrier formation exercise involving the Liaoning ...

I n the 1990s, a significant turning point in China’s naval capabilities emerged with the acquisition of the Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag. This transaction, shrouded in a covert operation and ...

China's first aircraft carrier has entered into service ... refitted - is a refurbished Soviet ship purchased from Ukraine (ex Varyag). For now the carrier has no operational aircraft and will ...

China is rapidly ... of China’s aircraft carrier fleet. Is China’s investment worthwhile? And should the US be worried? China’s first carrier, the converted Varyag, is not especially impressive.

China appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts with a potentially first-of-its-kind vessel that could further increase Beijing’s rapidly expanding maritime power.