Caleb Larson
China’s Type 004 aircraft carrier will be the country’s first nuclear-powered supercarrier—a leap forward that will put Beijing in an exclusive club currently shared only by the U.S. Navy and France. Once the Type 004 enters service, China will join a small group of nations operating nuclear-powered carriers with virtually unlimited range constrained only by crew sustainment requirements.
China’s Navy, the People’s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN, counts more ships in its fleet than any other navy in the world — and the PLAN’s carrier building is picking up pace too. China’s carrier construction over the past several decades has aimed to give Beijing a robust power-projection capability in its near abroad.
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