Home
AI
World
Politics
Health
Crime & justice
Science & technology
Social issues
Sports
Money
Entertainment
Environment/energy
Military
Culture
Weather
Media






Home
Bias Split
Public FiguresControversies

Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters
Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters

Sign Up!
Sign Up Now!

How our sliders workAboutContact UsNewsletter Archive
MediaFAQGlossaryPrivacy Policy
  1. Home

Report: China Builds Prototype Reactor for Nuclear Aircraft Carrier

  • #China
  • #Nuclear weapons
  • #Nuclear power
Report: China Builds Prototype Reactor for Nuclear Aircraft Carrier
story
NOV 2024
Above: A photo taken on Nov. 6, 2024, shows the construction site of Units 7 and 8 of Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant in Lianyungang, China. Image copyright: Costfoto/Contributor/NurPhoto via Getty Images
story last updated NOV 2024

The Spin

Pro-China narrative

Nuclear-powered carriers represent a crucial step toward building a world-class navy capable of protecting China's maritime interests and ensuring regional stability. The technology enables extended operations in disputed areas and demonstrates China's growing technological sophistication in naval development. This advancement naturally follows China's peaceful rise as a maritime power.

Global Times

Anti-China narrative

The development of nuclear-powered carriers significantly escalates military tensions in the Indo-Pacific region and challenges US naval supremacy. This technological leap enables China to project power far beyond its shores and potentially threatens freedom of navigation in disputed waters, including neighboring countries such as Japan and South Korea.

The National InterestCsis

Metaculus Prediction


Public Figures

Xi Jinping


The Controversies


UNLIKELYLIKELY
Status:Open
Will China Invade Taiwan?
Controversy
NOV 16 2024NOV 16 2024

UNLIKELYLIKELY
Status:Open
Will There Be a US-China War?
Controversy
NOV 16 2024NOV 16 2024

Go Deeper

The US-China Conflict
Context
+5
MAR 2023MAR 2023

Articles on this story

Satellite images and documents indicate China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier
Associated PressNOV 2024
Research reveals China has built prototype nuclear reactor to power aircraft carrier
Associated PressNOV 2024
Secret China project revealed by satellite images to be nuclear propulsion system
IndependentNOV 2024
Satellite images and documents indicate China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier
New York PostNOV 2024
Secret China project revealed by satellite images to be nuclear propulsion system
IndependentNOV 2024