17 h. ago Fujian's flaws push China towards aircraft carrier with nuclear power

Fujian's flaws push China towards aircraft carrier with nuclear power  Interesting Engineering

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38 h. ago Why China may need to take the nuclear option for its next aircraft carrier

China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has significant design flaws that future carriers can overcome only by adopting nuclear power, according to a military magazine. The Fujian is the country’s first domestically designed aircraft carrier and was commissioned in November. With a displacement of over 80,000 tonnes, it is the world’s largest conventional warship and the first non-American ship to be equipped with advanced electromagnetic catapults. However, the most advanced US ships – the...

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38 h. ago What the Fujian’s design flaws mean for China’s next aircraft carrier

What the Fujian’s design flaws mean for China’s next aircraft carrier  South China Morning Post

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3 d. ago China Pours First Concrete For ‘Hybrid’ Nuclear Power Station Project

China Pours First Concrete For ‘Hybrid’ Nuclear Power Station Project  NucNet

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4 d. ago Nuclear power projected to reach 22% in China by 2060, catalyzed by coal

Nuclear power projected to reach 22% in China by 2060, catalyzed by coal-to-nuclear conversion  EurekAlert!

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4 d. ago US Aircraft Carrier in South China Sea Could Be Heading for Iran

US Aircraft Carrier in South China Sea Could Be Heading for Iran  Newsweek

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4 d. ago US aircraft carrier steams from South China Sea to Mideast after Trump threat against Iran

A US aircraft carrier has reportedly left the South China Sea after a live-fire drill and is heading to the Middle East amid anti-government protests in Iran. US cable news network NewsNation reported on Thursday that the Pentagon ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln and its carrier strike group, which includes Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, to leave their position in the South China Sea and sail towards the Middle East. According to the US Naval Institute’s carrier tracker, there...

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4 d. ago US aircraft carrier steams from South China Sea to Mideast as Iran in turmoil

US aircraft carrier steams from South China Sea to Mideast as Iran in turmoil  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Data fraud scandal hits Japan nuclear power plant in megaquake zone

The operator of a nuclear power plant in central Japan said on Monday its employees may have used cherry-picked data for a potential earthquake in quake-resistance tests at the plant to pass the regulatory screening for restart. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said the same day it found “wrongdoing” by Chubu Electric Power in the screening process and halted the review. The incident is a major setback for the Japanese government. Concerns over the safety of nuclear power plants grew strong in...

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2 w. ago US Navy aircraft crashes offer lessons for PLA carrier operations, analysts say

After two US Navy aircraft crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other in October, analysts said there were lessons for the Chinese navy as it rapidly expands aircraft carrier operations. They said the People’s Liberation Army could learn from its rival’s strengths in search and rescue response, but also its weaknesses in maintenance and training. The US Navy said the aircraft – an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet – went down in separate...

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3 w. ago How Do You Sink a $13,000,000,000 Navy Aircraft Carrier? A $15,000,000 Missile from China

How Do You Sink a $13,000,000,000 Navy Aircraft Carrier? A $15,000,000 Missile from China  19FortyFive

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3 w. ago Japan as a nuclear power, China’s first female C919 captain: 5 weekend reads you missed

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese nuclear experts believe Japan could build nukes in less than 3 years The late US statesman Henry Kissinger’s dire warning about Tokyo aiming to become a nuclear power by 2028 is being re-examined by Beijing. 2. A year after near total blackout, China builds world’s largest smart...

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3 w. ago Japan as a nuclear power, China’s first female C919 captain: 5 weekend reads

Japan as a nuclear power, China’s first female C919 captain: 5 weekend reads  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Chinese nuclear experts believe Japan could build nuclear weapons in less than 3 years

One of Henry Kissinger’s final and most sobering predictions before his death was that Japan would eventually pursue nuclear weapons. In a 2023 interview with The Economist, Kissinger warned that Japan was “heading towards becoming a nuclear power in five years”. Chinese nuclear experts estimate that Japan has the political motivation but also the technical capacity to develop nuclear weapons in less than three years, echoing Kissinger’s warning that Japan harbours ambitions to revive its...

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3 w. ago Trump says Ukraine’s Zelensky ‘doesn’t have anything until I approve it’ ahead of talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expects to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday in pursuit of a deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion, though the latest comments from Moscow raise doubts about how close a final agreement really is. Zelensky told reporters on Friday that he would discuss sensitive issues with Trump including the future of the Donbas region in Ukraine’s east and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The Ukrainian leader said he plans to...

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3 w. ago Deceiving US experts; proving Einstein wrong: 10 China science breakthroughs in 2025

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China science stories of the year. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order A compact, deep-sea, cable-cutting device, capable of severing the world’s most fortified underwater communication or power lines, has been unveiled by China – and it could shake up global maritime power dynamics. 2. China tests non-nuclear hydrogen bomb, science paper...

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3 w. ago China aircraft carrier allows use of naked flames for TCM therapy which is popular among troops

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has allowed the use of naked flames on board to accommodate a form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The use of fire on the vessel is to be allowed so that cupping therapy can take place. The news has received much attention on mainland social media after it was reported by state broadcaster CCTV on December 24. The Fujian, China’s third aircraft carrier and the most advanced, officially entered into service in November at a grand...

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3 w. ago China aircraft carrier allows use of naked flames for TCM therapy popular with troops

China aircraft carrier allows use of naked flames for TCM therapy popular with troops  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Inside Chernobyl: Ukraine races to repair radiation shield as war drags on

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hard hat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to prevent disaster. The 1986 meltdown at the site was the world’s worst ever nuclear incident. Since Russia invaded in 2022, Kyiv fears another disaster could be just a matter of time. In February, a Russian drone hit and left a large hole in the New Safe Confinement (NSC), the outer of two radiation...

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3 w. ago Burst power of electromagnetic catapult on China’s aircraft carrier Fujian shown in official media program

Burst power of electromagnetic catapult on China’s aircraft carrier Fujian shown in official media program  Global Times

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