The US Navy has looked to secure its nuclear weapons delivery capability following a multi-million-dollar contract award to US defence prime Lockheed Martin for the design of the next-generation ...
the gap between the PLAN’s and U.S. Navy’s carrier numbers may be narrowed considerably. Most worrisome is that the Type 001 was barely a training ship, while these future nuclear-powered ...
Nuclear power would allow Chinese carriers to sail thousands of miles from home, aiding China in its mission to project naval power farther from Asia and closer to North America than ever before.