China oasts the largest navy in the world in terms of total number of vessels and overall maritime capacity. It also has the largest coast guard with more than 130 large patrol ships and a significant maritime militia.
In 2020, according to US Department of Defence estimates, China’s Navy boastsed a total of 333 vessels, compared to the US Navy’s 296. The majority of the vessels in the China’s growing fleet are missile-armed coastal patrol craft, corvettes and frigates, diesel attack submarines and destroyers.
“Its biggest advantage over the US Navy is in patrol and coastal combatant corvettes and below,” says Nick Childs, Senior Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
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