The trucks were positioned for loading at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai near China’s first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, which has been berthed after initial sea trials. The Sichuan features an integrated electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) on its flight deck, potentially making it a “drone carrier”.

China's massive unmanned aircraft carries a payload of other smaller drones and has just had its first successful flight. Here's what we know about it.

China launched live-fire drills around Taiwan that it said would simulate a blockade of the self-ruled island's key ports, prompting Taipei to condemn Beijing's "military intimidation."