First Island Chain
China Plans to Build Fleet of Six Aircraft Carriers
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Apr 21, 2017 10:53 AM EDT |
China will also build about 10 naval bases for the six aircraft carriers.
Russia Claims China’s Navy will be a World Navy by 2050
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Jan 24, 2017 09:33 AM EST |
Russian propaganda also claims PLAN has "enormous overall strength with more than 700 surface vessels and submarines."
PLAAF Announces Regular Combat Aerial Patrols over ‘First Island Chain’
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Nov 07, 2016 06:34 PM EST |
PLAAF revealed it has sent patrols over the First Island Chain and conducted military exercises in the West Pacific six times.
China's Air Force to Start Flying Into the Pacific
| Desiree Sison | | Sep 17, 2016 07:46 AM EDT |
In a show of military might, the Chinese Air Force would soon start flying regularly into the Western Pacific beyond Japan and Taiwan, according to People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) spokesman Shen Jinke.
PLAAF Patrol Overflies Bashi Channel; Again Pierces ‘First island Chain’
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Sep 15, 2016 09:38 PM EDT |
China views the First Island Chain as the area it must secure so it can disable the U.S. Navy.
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