China Wants 9 Aircraft Carriers by 2035. It Has the Shipyards. It Doesn’t Have the Pilots, the Nuclear Reactors, or the Allies to Make It Work.

China Wants 9 Aircraft Carriers by 2035. It Has the Shipyards. It Doesn’t Have the Pilots, the Nuclear Reactors, or the Allies to Make It Work.

China plans to build six more aircraft carriers in the next decade, bringing its fleet to nine. It has the world’s largest shipyards — but carriers are useless without trained pilots, working nuclear reactors, and ports to operate from. China Has Big Aircraft Carrier Dreams.  The buildup and modernization of China’s navy are undeniable facts. While the PLAN is primarily concerned with protecting its own territorial waters, it has gradually becom…