China Advances Development of Nuclear-Powered Supercarrier
- China's People’s Liberation Army Navy is advancing its carrier program by developing nuclear-powered supercarriers like the Type 006 to compete with the U.S. Navy's fleet.
- China plans to launch the Type 004 carrier by 2027, leading to a total of five operational carriers by the end of the decade.
- The Type 003 Fujian is in advanced sea trials and is expected to be operational by August 2025.
- Tong Zhao from the Carnegie Endowment emphasized that nuclear carriers would elevate China's global image and symbolize national prestige.
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Beijing’s aggressive military expansion marked by the deployment of the high-altitude WZ-9 drone and the construction of a nuclear-powered supercarrier poses a direct challenge to US influence and stability in the Indo-Pacific region
China Working on Biggest Aircraft Carrier in World
Maxar Technologies satellite images of China's Dalian shipbuilding facility in northeast China showed potential construction of a carrier that would allow fighter jets launched from four locations off the deck, analysts told NBC News.
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