Reports of a prototype reactor in Sichuan shed light on Beijing's long-term ambitions to expand its naval power ...

"Operating a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is an exclusive club ... to focus on optimizing the existing design of the Fujian carrier with "incremental improvements." Nick Childs, senior ...

Satellite photos confirm that China has built a land-based nuclear reactor prototype for a large surface vessel, signaling ...

U.S. researchers have concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers ...

Reports that China has built a prototype nuclear reactor for its next aircraft carrier have prompted renewed focus on its ...

New satellite imagery confirms China's development of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier reactor, a major leap in the PRC’s ...

The plan to build a large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is nearing realization, with satellite images revealing that a ...

The new Fujian was a bigger capability jump ... new class of carriers.Pu Haiyang/Xinhua via Getty Images A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would extend China's naval reach.

"Operating a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is an exclusive club, one that China looks set to join," says a researcher behind the analysis of satellite images and government documents.

Satellite images and Chinese documents point to work on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. A nuclear-powered carrier would be a major step toward China's "blue-water" navy ambitions. Researchers ...

The first American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was USS Enterprise, commissioned in 1961. All of US Navy's current ...