Sad Fact: China’s Navy Is Now Bigger Than the U.S. Navy. But That’s Not the Real Issue in 2026

Sad Fact: China’s Navy Is Now Bigger Than the U.S. Navy. But That’s Not the Real Issue in 2026

Here’s a fact that does not exactly inspire confidence, at least until we really dig into what this may or may not mean: China’s navy is now larger than the U.S. Navy. That point is repeated so often that it has begun to stand in for analysis. It shouldn’t. Fleet size, taken on its own, tells us very little about the question that actually matters: whether the United States can bring effective naval power to bear in the Western Pacific when it n…

The U.S. Navy’s plan to deter China and dominate the seas

From the floor of the Navy League Sea Air Space Expo at National Harbor, Maryland, Guy Taylor, National Security Editor for The Washington Times, sits down with Adm. Daryl Caudle, the 34th Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.