China's Type 094, known to NATO as the Jin-class, represents the backbone of the country's sea-based nuclear deterrent. The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) currently operates at least six of ...

Chinese-designed submarines are likely to be inducted by the Pakistani Navy by next year, according to a report. Islamabad is expecting its first Chinese-designed submarine to enter active service ...

China has rapidly built up its submarine fleet by making a technological U-turn to produce boats the U.S. hasn’t built in more than 65 years. More than half of the estimated 66 submarines operated by ...

A model of a 09IIIB submarine posted to Chinese social media. It does not appear to be an official model, but much of it correlates with other indicators and may be grossly representative of the real ...

Scale model of the Chinese-manufactured S26T submarine design being constructed for the Royal Thai Navy. (Gordon Arthur) CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Once tempted to ditch its acquisition of a ...

China is on the verge of becoming a world-class submarine power, with new technology and a bigger, better fleet that is gaining on the U.S. and its allies—spurring a new undersea arms race in the ...

China has ramped up its production of nuclear-powered submarines over the past five years to the point where it is launching subs faster than the United States, threatening to negate a sea-power ...

Those of us who’ve been following the saga of Thailand’s attempt to obtain a Chinese-built S26T Yuan-class submarine know there’s no perfect ending in sight. To recap, the biggest problem is the ...

Since the end of the Cold War, China has built up a top-notch submarine force—posing a significant threat to the US Navy’s operations in the Indo-Pacific. China is currently undertaking one of the ...