The Pearl in the Great China Fleet

... 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... ... vessels with a nuclear power plant would be a phenomenally difficult task, especially for China, as none of its surface ships currently has such an engine. If the decision is... ... 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)...