China is Planning to Build Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier?

China has approved funding to develop core technologies for nuclear-powered ships. Professionals speculated that Beijing is planning to build nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Reported by China Daily reported, China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. said that one of its research institutions has received State approval and funding to formally begin research on core technologies and safety for nuclear-powered ships.

A senior researcher at the People's Liberation Army's Academy of Military Science told the Daily that Nuclear-powered ships can travel farther and are more reliable compared with used conventional propulsion. Factors make the ships a wise choice for polar expeditionary missions.

Reported many military followers link the announcement to widespread speculation that China may develop its own nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.  
China launched its first conventional aircraft carrier last year which is still undergoing trials.

Profesional said that China already has the technology and industrial capability to develop and build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.  

The only operating aircraft carrier outside the US is France's Charles de Gaulle, also the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel.

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