They do use a lot of armed trawlers as covert naval auxiliaries, sure, but that’s not what gave them the world’s largest navy. It is actually building the largest number of purpose built naval combatants such as submarines, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, and aircraft carriers.
Their fleet is much more heavily biased towards near shore and regional operation and depend on land based air cover, so they are no match for the US fleet in oceanic warfare, But in near shore and regional theater their fleet is no joke.
Their fleet is much more heavily biased towards near shore and regional operation and depend on land based air cover, so they are no match for the US fleet in oceanic warfare, But in near shore and regional theater their fleet is no joke.
