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Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier – China

March 7 , 2018 2327 days 2082 0
  • The China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) has announced to build its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Liaoning.
  • China commissioned its first-ever aircraft carrier - Liaoning is bought from Ukraine, in 2012.

  • Its second carrier and the first domestically built carrier, known as Type 001A, was launched in April last year.
  • At present, China’s navy has two aircraft carriers running on conventional oil.
  • US Navy’s  Nimitz-class and Ford-class carrier is run by nuclear power.
  • French Navy’s flagship, the Charles de Gaulle is only non-US aircraft carrier powered by nuclear reactors.

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