Does China Have World's Largest Navy? Bigger Than US Navy?

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America had been the world's strongest naval power since 1945, but recently some have claimed that China now has a larger fleet. Has the Chinese Navy actually surpassed the US Navy?

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00:00 – Part one
08:10 – Masterworks
09:33 – Part two

Keywords: PLA Navy, PLAN, US Navy, USN, Type 003, Liaoning, Shandong, Fujian, Type 055, Type 052D, Type 054A, Type 056A, corvettes, frigates, destroyers, aircraft carriers, submarines, amphibious warships, Type 075 LHD, Type 071 LPD, Chinese military

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The PLAN has one big advantage as well: It only has to be in one area. The yanks have to have ships all over the place, while China generally only needs to keep their vessels in the west pacific and Chinese waters. Makes force superiority much easier to acheive.
Edit: As expected, this was covered in the video.

PosadasLeftFemur
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Most of people must realize that's not a PC game like command & conquer, it's REALITY! Don't cheer for War.

jinxu
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The fact is that the US ship building capability has regressed so much in the last three decades, that the USN ship quantity will not grow in the next 10-20 years in terms of ship number and tonnage. During this period the Chinese navy will certainly catch up to the USN.

fatnlazychinc
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The pace of PLAN expansion is breathtaking. I still remember 10 yrs ago experts said that even Japans self defense navy easily outclassed the PLAN. Look where they are now. At this rate of shipbuilding I can’t even imagine where they will be by 2030. US navy’s plan for the new DDG and constellation class will be heavily limited by the number of shipyards still functioning in USA as well as the number of skilled technicians they have. At the Philly Naval yard near where I live. They have fired over the last 10 yrs hundreds of skilled workers to cut cost. So I do believe the PLAN will continue to catch up in quantity as well as quality in the coming years.

cabasadefogo
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I’m glad to see you grow to a point attracting sponsorship now 😂

NeMayful
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Aircraft carriers are just cannon fodder under China's hypersonic missiles, while the US's supersonic missiles are at Mach 5 and both China and Russia's are above Mach 10. The era of naval strength based on tonnage is long gone, but most Americans still fantasize about their own strength. 😂

joneyu
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China need big navy to secure trading route, at least 600 ships

mssv
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As an objective Chinese person, I would say that there is still a significant gap between the Chinese Navy and the United States. However, that doesn't mean we will be bullied by the United States in our own backyard. On the contrary, we have confidence in delivering a strong blow to the U.S. Navy in our own waters. This is the Taiwan Strait, this is the South China Sea, not Hawaii, and certainly not the U.S. West Coast. That should be more than enough.

wuyou_
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What about China artificial military islands? They obviously have a purpose for the location of each island?

Floridawoodsbanshee
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Important metrics overseen are:
- age / average age of the ships --> operational readiness
- years to retirement

kmwong
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Also lots of Chinese warships can be built at many shipyards whereas u.s has only a few for their classified nature

fatdoi
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Apart from an already numerical superiority, the Chinese PLAN Navy is also considerably more modern, with a far larger number of vessels launched in the past decade alone. China certainly has the capability to comfortably "out-build" the US, and, for that matter, the intellectual resources to outsmart any Western Nation - China produces a million STEM graduates every year from Universities that are significantly better than the Western equivalents.

phils
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Modern warfare involved satellite, drone, subs and long range missile.. just dont try to mess around to which nation who has those weaponry..

TheTruth-
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Don't be alarmed! China is still crawling in the art of naval battles with her hypersonic and laser fire power!

pahatpahat
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I think we would need to count realistically how many of the ships in both countries’ arsenal are battle ready on a regular basis. Example: how any of the US aircraft carriers are actually battle ready? How many of their strategic submarine force are battle ready? It’s useless to count numbers and potential firepower when they aren’t going to be available.

alexlo
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Taking into consideration only quantity and tonnage looks a bit semplicistic. Even taking into account the whole quantity of missiles availability is not enough. Especially when what is left out of consideration is a tecnological advancement like hypersonic weapons. An hypersonic missile is one that has no contermeasure capable to stop it at this moment. Who ever has hypersonic missles technology available has a great advantage on those who doesn't have it. One little ship with 8 of this missiles can easily sink 8 bigger ships even 8 carriers if they would be together.

alpha
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Does the U.S. have the logistical capability to deploy the number of fleets necessary to outgun the Chinese navy in the west Pacific? It's one thing to have the ships, but can they actually be deployed in time and concert in this one theater to make that size count?

BigChap
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The United States has 92 destroyers. China needs 32 055 ships (8 completed) and 52 052D/DL ships(32 completed), 42 054A (all completed), and 32 054B (4 completed). The good news is that China's shipbuilding speed is at least five times faster than the United States.

SpruceWood-NEG
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A popular meme in Chinese military enthusiast is that, comparing to the bumptious IJN in WWII, the PLAN these days eventually achieved the 70% size of fleet against the USN

tomyen
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The question is not just the possibly the largest navy in the world. Can they Chinese afford to maintain such a large force. Military expenditure on GDP it's large.

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