China Builds Test Version of Nuclear Reactor for Navy — VOA Learning English
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China has built a land-based test version of a nuclear reactor for a large warship. The development is the clearest sign yet that Beijing is moving toward producing the country’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. This information comes from a new study of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents provided to the Associated Press.
Why is this development important?
There has long been talk that China is planning to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. But the recent research by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California is the first to confirm the country is working on a nuclear-powered movement system for a carrier-sized surface warship.
China’s navy is…
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