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The Type 004 aircraft carrier is a planned supercarrier of the People's Liberation Army Navy's aircraft carrier programme. It is intended to be an iteration on the preceding Type 003 aircraft carrier , and like the Type 003, it will feature an integrated electric propulsion system that will allow the operation of electromagnetic catapults . [ 7 ]
A fourth carrier, currently called "Type 004" and featuring nuclear propulsion, might be under construction. Wang Yunfei, a retired PLA Navy officer [2] and other naval experts [3] projected in 2018/2019 that China might possess five or six aircraft carriers by the 2030s. [4]
Sea trials hadn’t even started for the new Fujian aircraft carrier in March when Yuan Huazhi, political commissar for China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy, confirmed the construction of a fourth carrier. Asked if it would be nuclear-powered, he said at the time that would “soon be announced,” but so far it has not been.
China’s newest, largest and most-advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, took a big step to joining the world’s largest naval fleet on Wednesday as it set out from Shanghai for its first sea ...
The Chinese navy is moving ahead with plans to build another aircraft carrier, but plans for a fifth have been put on hold for now, according to military insiders.They said that technical ...
One indicated China's 701 Institute, an operation also known as the China Ship Research and Design Center that deals with aircraft carrier development, is pursuing a nuclear reactor "for ...
Bangkok (AP) — 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 carrier, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents provided to The Associated Press.
Satellite images and public documents helped identify likely carrier project. There have long been rumors that China is planning to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but the research by ...