Fleet modernization: China has finally built a prototype nuclear reactor to power aircraft carriers
China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing the country’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents. There have long been rumors that China is planning to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but the research by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California is the first to confirm it is working on a nuclear-powered propulsion system for a carrier-sized surface warship. WHY IS CHINA’S PURSUIT OF NUCLEAR-POWERED CARRIERS SIGNIFICANT? China’s navy is already the...
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