China Is Building a Terrifying, ‘Unsinkable’ Aircraft Carrier– www.popularmechanics.com

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AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE of research and development, China is reportedly building a fleet of floating nuclear reactors in the South China Sea. While these could support commercial development and oil exploration, China has also boasted of the floating reactors’ military capabilities, which it claims will give them an edge over any American forces in the area.

In 2016, China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration claimed that an artificial island with a floating nuclear platform would be “equivalent to a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier” equipped with combat aircraft and missile systems. “Their military superiority will be far greater than that of the United States’ long-distance aircraft carrier fleet,” the state-sponsored organization continued.

That very well may be hyperbole, but defense experts agree China’s nuclear upgrade is significant.

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