Sourced : Asia Times
Sources within the People’s Liberation Army have revealed that the design for China’s second homemade carrier is “nearing its end,” pending Beijing’s approval, and construction is expected to commence within a year.
Speculation has been rife that the PLA is now capable of placing miniaturised nuclear reactors to generate impetus for the new carrier; however, the Hong Kong-based Kanwa Defense Review notes in its January 2018 issue that the second carrier, which is likely to bear the codename Type 003, will be a steam-propelled seagoing airbase, like its Type 002 predecessor.
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