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China's rapidly growing navy just got 3 new warships in a single day Photo by Artyom Ivanov\TASS via Getty Images China's navy added three new naval vessels in a single day in a first for the service. The Chinese navy received a new ballistic missile submarine, destroyer, and amphibious assault ship. China has the largest navy in the world, according to the Pentagon, and it continues to grow. The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned the Jin-class (Type 094A) ballistic-missile submarine Changzheng-18, Renhai-class (Type 055) destroyer Dalian, ...

"Based on the evidence, it can be stated that the KRI Nanggala has sunk and all of its crew have died," a military official stated definitively.

The Indonesian navy says its missing submarine is presumed sunk. Hundreds of sailors from around the world have been lost to submarine disasters.

A desperate search has been underway since the the KRI Nanggala-402 disappeared during training. A number of other countries around the world have offered assistance as well. The US military is sending air assets to help Indonesia search for a naval submarine that has been missing since it failed to check in Wednesday morning, the Pentagon said. "We are deeply saddened by the news of Indonesia's lost submarine, and our thoughts are with the Indonesian sailors and their families," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement Thursday evening. "At the invitation of the Indonesian governmen...

Stringer via Reuters China has expanded its first and only overseas military base, a US commander said Tuesday. The Africa Command commander said the Djibouti base is now big enough to support aircraft carriers. China has two aircraft carriers in service with a third one in the works. China's first overseas military base has expanded and is now capable of supporting the country's growing aircraft carrier force, a US combatant commander revealed Tuesday. "Their first overseas military base, their only one, is in Africa, and they have just expanded that by adding a...