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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coolgayathra" data-source="post: 4563634" data-attributes="member: 163639">The South Korean newspaper Hankyoreh is reporting that it’s obtained information on a top-secret dossier that claims China plans to build a nuclear-powered carrier by 2020. Those claims, if true, would certainly have big implications for China’s military power — extending the reach of China’s navy out to Guam <a href="http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/199284.html" target="_blank">as the article notes</a>:<a href="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/28/carrier.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/28/carrier.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> A source close to Chinese military affairs said on March 27 that China has been promoting the construction of a 93,000-ton atomic-powered carrier under a plan titled the "085 Project." The nation also has a plan to build a 48,000-ton non-nuclear-powered carrier under the so-called "089 Project," added the source. China had so far been known to be pushing ahead with construction of a non-nuclear-powered carrier, but not an atomic-powered one. Once the proposed Chinese carriers are deployed, the radius of the Chinese Navy¡¯s range is expected to reach Guam, where a U.S. base is located. Thus, military experts are worried about China¡¯s moves prompting an arms race in Northeast Asia. The dossier said the construction of the nuclear-powered carrier will be completed in 2020. China State Shipbuiling Corp¡¯s Jiangnan shipyard located on Changxing Island near Shanghai, will be responsible for its design and construction. The size is similar to former Soviet¡¯s unfinished atomic-powered carrier Ulyanovsk, the dossier states. China reportedly secretly purchased the design of Ulyanovsk from Russia. When the nuclear-powered carrier is finished, China will own an aircraft carrier which is on par with the U.S.¡¯s newest of such vessels, the 97,000-ton atomic-powered USS Ronald Reagan, which recently docked at Busan Port to participate in a joint exercise between the South Korea </blockquote>

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