Reports that China has built a prototype nuclear reactor for its next aircraft carrier have prompted renewed focus on its supposed long-term ambition to project naval power far from its shores.
Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78 ... reducing maintenance requirements and improving corrosion control. The new A1B reactor, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Advanced ...
Despite aircraft carriers' immense cost, the Navy believes there is no replacing a well-armed, aircraft equipped, sovereign piece of US territory, powered by dual nuclear reactors. Former Defense ...
YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Prefecture—The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived at ... States that included refueling its nuclear reactor. The carrier departed from San Diego in October and ...
USS Nimitz (CVN-68), a US Navy aircraft carrier. Photo is from after her 1999-2001 refit. The idea of nuclear marine propulsion was pretty much coined the moment nuclear reactors were conceived ...
10, of the United States Navy, composed of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington ... is 333 meters long and is powered by two nuclear reactors, diesel engines, and steam turbines with ...