The world's largest aircraft carrier, the 004, has completed over 70% of its construction, and the 004A may be about to start building.

Who can bear it, the world's largest aircraft carrier 004 has already completed 70%, and 004A is on the way?

According to a report from "Asia Defense" on November 14, the latest satellite images show that China is building the 004 aircraft carrier, which can be basically confirmed as a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

The reactor compartment section, the middle large module, the main deck structure, and some flight deck equipment have all begun to show specific outlines. The shape of the entire ship is very clear. Notably, the nuclear assembly workshop, the shielding material warehouse, and the heavy lifting system inside the shipyard are being further expanded, indicating that the 004 is not a single-ship project, but the beginning of a larger-scale nuclear-powered aircraft carrier plan.

This means that there will be 004A and other similar carriers next. Satellite images show that the newly built nuclear reactor assembly factory within the factory area adopts a fully enclosed structure, with multiple layers of radiation shielding outside; large lifting equipment has also been in place, apparently set up for handling nuclear-powered ship modules.

At the same time, a newly developed modular production area is undergoing basic construction, and some giant platforms have already been assembled, clearly used to support the massive structural components of the next-generation aircraft carrier.

All these signs indicate that China does not position the 004 as an experimental single-ship project, but as a core node of an entire nuclear-powered aircraft carrier system.

According to the pace shown by China's shipbuilding industry in recent years, after the 004 is commissioned, the 004A may also be ready soon, and within a few years, a dual-nuclear aircraft carrier pattern will be formed, gradually surpassing the Ford class in both single-ship quality and overall quantity.

Therefore, for the world, the bigger change is not the appearance of the 004 itself, but the cumulative power brought by the stable emergence of the 004A, 004B, and even future series ships.

This marks that the dominance of maritime power will no longer be a symbol of a single country, but will become the final competition of industrial system strength, and China is demonstrating its advantages in the new era's maritime power competition with actual results.

Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1848744860971211/

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