But replenishment ships also form the weakest link in the chain of American and Chinese carrier groups. Often unarmed and full of explosive cargo, they are prime targets for any hostile force.

Replenishment ships are essential to resupplying carrier groups at sea with fuel, food and bombs. The US is overhauling its aging ships while China has built a dozen. These ships extend the range of ...

The US is overhauling its aging ships while China has built a dozen. These ships extend the range of carrier groups but also are its most vulnerable asset. Involved in nearly every crisis since ...

BRP SIERRA MADRE, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live in as a military outpost, sits on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. — ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Philippine forces practised retaking an island in the South China Sea Wednesday in the first such combat ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy confirmed yesterday the presence of two Chinese research or survey ships within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) near the Philippine Rise.

A Chinese shipyard has started construction of the world’s largest ten-thousand-tonne-class fully-electric open-top container ships, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Wednesday. The two ...

Earth could avoid the worrying doom of the so-called Kessler syndrome thanks to a brand new junk eating spacecraft ... a form of gas then used to fuel the ship. Mr Stokes added: “Being able ...

From BYD to Xpeng to Xiaomi, the number and variety of Chinese EVs hitting the market has exploded in recent years, forcing a reckoning among Western automakers. One in model particular ...