Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would give China's growing navy new reach, and researchers say it's working on the reactor to power one
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, like American carriers, would be a major jump for China, giving its navy a global reach.
Satellites Capture Chinese Aircraft Carrier in South China Sea
The deployment of CNS Shandong came amid rising tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
Research reveals China has built prototype nuclear reactor to power aircraft carrier
U.S. researchers have concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers ...
Satellite images and documents indicate China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier
China has a fleet of three aircraft carriers, all conventionally powered, but a nuclear-powered carrier, according to experts ...
China's navy flexed new muscles in the South China Sea with its first dual aircraft carrier drills
Photos show its Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers carrying out dual operations for the first time in the South China ...
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A look at the research revealing China's work on prototype nuclear reactor to power aircraft carrier
U.S. researchers have concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers ...
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China’s Liaoning and Shandong Aircraft Carriers Conduct their First Dual-Carrier Exercises in the South China Sea
The dual carrier exercise, which involved for the first time the new CATOBAR variant of the J-15, was part of the PLA Navy’s annual training plan and ...
China's Navy Flexes Muscles in First Dual Aircraft Carrier Operations
The Chinese dual aircraft carrier operations came as USS George Washington, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, was participating in a military exercise between U.S. and Japanese forces in the Philippine ...
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China sprints through carrier development as Liaoning and Shandong exercise
Despite only introducing aircraft carrier capability to the PLAN in 2012, the service is already on its third-generation ...
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Satellite imagery shows mystery ship built in China amid breakneck naval expansion
Conducted in the South China Sea, the exercise was “aiming to enhance the integrated combat capability of the aircraft carrier formations” and was “part of the Liaoning aircraft carrier ...