China plans nuclear-powered aircraft carriers: US expert

China is developing a large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier similar to the Nimitz-class or Ford-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, Associate Professor Andrew S Erickson from the Strategic Research Department at the US Naval War College wrote in his recent article for National Interest magazine.

Erickson said three models of aircraft carriers displayed at Jinshuai Model Crafts based in Zhanjiang in Guangdong province show what China's future aircraft carriers will look like.

Jinshuai Model Crafts is located close to the headquarters of the PLA Navy's South Sea Fleet and the models it makes usually provide reliable and detailed information about the design of China's future warships.

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