The Pearl in the Great China Fleet

... stable high speeds; and have large energy reserves. Among surface vessels, the usefulness of nuclear power is most apparent for aircraft carriers; the American fleet, which built a significant number of nuclear cruisers during the Cold War, have now decommissioned the ships. The Project ... ... undertaken. They would probably use developments made in nuclear submarine technology, where they have some experience (the PLA Navy launched its first nuclear-powered submarines at the beginning of the 1970s). Nuclear reactors in submarines are relatively ...