In a move that could reshape global naval power dynamics, China is reportedly advancing towards its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. This development hints at a significant leap in Beijing ...

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 ...

China wants to project naval power farther from Asia and closer to North America than ever before. A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier could make that possible.

China China advances toward nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with new reactor prototype The Chinese navy, already the world's largest, aims to create a 'blue-water' force capable of operating globally ...

"Operating a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is an exclusive club, one that China looks set to join," says a researcher behind the analysis of satellite images and government documents.

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Nuclear Power Institute of China's Site No. 1, also known as Base 909, in Mucheng Township, Sichuan Province, China, July 5, 2023.

China is building its fourth aircraft carrier as it seeks to boost its naval power in the Asia-Pacific region, and the vessel is “likely to be nuclear powered”, a new report revealed on ...

What You Need to Know: New satellite imagery confirms China’s development of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier reactor, a major leap in the PRC’s naval modernization.The reactor, built at ...

The conventionally powered Shandong is China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier, commissioned in 2019 on the heels of at least nine sea trials. China’s third, yet-unnamed aircraft ...

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 ...

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 ...