Satellite images show China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier

China expands nuclear interests as Trump preps for White House

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House, China has been secretly working on a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power its warships, a move that signals China is moving further toward competing with the U.S. for global dominance.

According to satellite images and Chinese government documents obtained by the Associated Press, China has been rapidly modernizing and morphing its vast naval fleet, the largest in the world, into a "blue water navy" able to operate for long periods of time away from mainland China out in the open ocean.

Tong Zhao, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told the AP nuclear-powered warships would elevate China into "the exclusive ranks of first-class naval power," which currently includes the U.S. and France.

Newly nominated Secretary of Defense for the Trump administration Pete Hegseth said during an interview the amount of bureaucracy within the U.S. weapons procurement system is slowing down any real progress.

"The Pentagon has a perfect record in all of its war games against China. We lose every time," Hegseth said, noting the U.S. is lagging behind China by a decade, further pointing out it is important to diversify weapons systems.

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