This is the clearest sign yet that Beijing is working towards producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. China currently has the world's largest navy and is modernizing it rapidly.

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 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 ...

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.

"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.

For the first time, a group of U.S. researchers has concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers.

China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, signaling its progress toward developing a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The project, located at the Longwei ...

Satellite image showing the Nuclear Power Institute of China's Site No. 1, also known as Base 909, in Mucheng Township, Sichuan Province, China, July 5, 2023.

The first American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was USS Enterprise, commissioned in 1961.All of US Navy's current carriers, which are a mix of Nimitz- and Ford-class carriers, are nuclear powered.

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 ...