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It matters geopolitically speaking in a big way, since any significant improvements to nuclear reactors built by China will have corresponding potential for imp
by techdragon 5y ago
It matters geopolitically speaking in a big way, since any significant improvements to nuclear reactors built by China will have corresponding potential for improvement in their nuclear powered submarines and their future aircraft carriers which are being designed around a similar electric power heavy design philosophy as the US Navy’s Gerald Ford class, with the Chinese Type 004 aircraft carriers being designed as “full size” nuclear powered carriers using electromagnetic catapults to their launch aircraft.