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中國海軍核子動力航空母艦建造. China navy CVN under construction Type 004

2026/02/28 17:27

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.While it has yet to be officially confirmed whether it will be nuclear-powered or not, the release of new satellite imagery shows that China continues to move forward with the construction of its fourth aircraft carrier for the People’s Liberation Army Navy, currently known as Type 004 and expected to become the largest carrier in service with the force. According to the description accompanying the images, the work is being carried out at the Dalian shipyards, where it can also be observed that a large portion of the keel has already been laid.

.雖然尚未正式確認是否採用核動力，但新衛星影像的發布顯示，中國正在繼續推進中國人民解放軍海軍第四艘航空母艦的建造工作，該航空母艦目前被稱為004型，預計將成為該部隊現役最大的航空母艦。根據圖片描述，該工作正在大連造船廠進行，還可以看到大部分龍骨已經鋪設完畢。

.So far, the design and construction of the ship remain highly classified, although initial estimates reported by Western analysts point to an aircraft carrier with a displacement of between 100,000 and 120,000 tons. This would place it nearly on par with the U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford class and above the Fujian, the newest aircraft carrier currently in service with the Chinese Navy. It is also expected that the design will incorporate lessons learned from the latter, facilitating the integration of electromagnetic catapult systems on the flight deck and definitively leaving behind the ski-jump configuration used on the Liaoning and Shandong carriers..

.到目前為止，這艘船的設計和建造仍然高度機密，儘管西方分析人士報告的初步估計表明這是一艘排水量在10萬至12萬噸之間的航空母艦。這將使它幾乎與美國海軍的傑拉爾德·R·福特級航空母艦相當，並高於中國海軍目前服役的最新航空母艦福建號。預計該設計將吸取後者的經驗教訓，促進電磁彈射系統在飛行甲板上的集成，並最終放棄遼寧艦和山東艦使用的滑躍式配置。

This point is particularly relevant, as the ship is expected to operate a sizeable carrier air wing.

Its main assets would include the J-15T fighters (developed from the Russian Flanker) and the J-15D variant optimized for electronic warfare, as well as the more modern and stealthy J-35 fighters developed by China. Moreover, the carrier is expected to be capable of operating the new KJ-600 airborne early warning and control aircraft, thereby providing a broad range of operational capabilities.

這一點尤其重要，因為該艦預計將配備一個相當大的艦載機聯隊。其主要資產將包括J-15T戰鬥機（由俄羅斯側翼戰鬥機開發）和針對電子戰優化的J-15D變型，以及中國開發的更現代、更隱身的J-35戰鬥機。此外，該航母預計將能夠操作新型KJ-600機載預警和控制飛機，從而提供廣泛的作戰能力。

.Returning to the issue of nuclear propulsion, it should be noted that this possibility has been discussed for months in reports by both Chinese and Western analysts, although the recently published imagery does not yet allow a clear determination as to whether this will ultimately be implemented.

While Beijing’s intention may be to make this leap with the Type 004, there is also the possibility of an incremental approach, in which the ship would initially be equipped with a conventional propulsion system to serve as a bridge until the development of a suitable reactor is completed.

.回到核推進問題，應該指出的是，中國和西方分析人士的報告中已經討論了這種可能性幾個月，儘管最近發布的圖像尚未明確確定這是否最終會實施。雖然北京的意圖可能是透過004型來實現這一飛躍，但也有可能採取漸進的方法，即該艦最初將配備傳統的推進系統作為橋樑，直到合適的反應器的開發完成。

.Regardless of these technical specifics, the reality is that China’s advances in aircraft carrier construction have already raised concerns among its main geopolitical rival. As previously reported last December, a report by the U.S. Naval Institute stated that Beijing was on track to build a fleet of nine aircraft carriers by 2035. This would ensure a powerful force-projection capability in the Indo-Pacific and other strategically important regions,

especially when combined with the development of new Type 076 amphibious assault ships, whose design will allow the deployment of a significant number of complementary drones.

.不管這些技術細節如何，現實是中國在航空母艦建造方面的進步已經引起了其主要地緣政治競爭對手的擔憂。正如去年 12 月之前報導的那樣，美國海軍研究所的一份報告稱，北京預計將在 2035 年之前建造一支由 9 艘航空母艦組成的艦隊。這將確保在印太和其他戰略重要地區擁有強大的兵力投送能力，特別是與新型 076 型兩棲攻擊艦的開發相結合，其設計將允許部署大量補充無人機。

Class overview
Operators	Peoples Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by	Type 003 Fujian
Planned	6^] (estimate)
Building	1

General characteristics
Class & type	Type 004
Type	Aircraft carrier
Displacement	Up to 120,000 tons^[^]
Propulsion	Nuclear marine propulsion
Speed	At least 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)^[]
Aircraft carried	90 to 100 helicopters and fixed wing aircraft,^[ including J-15T multirole fighters, J-35 stealth fighters, KJ-600 AEW&C aircraft, HZ-20 ASW/utility helicopters, and stealth attack drones.^[]
Aviation facilities	4–5 EM catapults, hangar deck^]

The Type 004 aircraft carrier is an upcoming class of supercarriers for the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Navy. The yet-unnamed lead ship of the class is currently in construction at the Dalian Shipyard since 2024,^9] and is the fourth aircraft carrier of the Chinese aircraft carrier programme and the third to be built indigenously by China.

Like the proceeding Type 003 carrier Fujian, the Type 004 carriers will be capable of catapult-assisted takeoff but arrested recovery (CATOBAR) operations via the same DC-supercapacitor electromagnetic catapult system jointly developed by the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Unlike the conventionally-powered Fujian, the Type 004 will be much larger and also likely the first Chinese surface warship to feature nuclear marine propulsion.^[

China hoped to complete the carrier by the late 2020s.^[ The US Defense Department revealed in December 2025 that China was planning on constructing 6 Type 004 carriers by 2035, which would give them a total fleet size of 9 aircraft carriers, outnumbering the 6 carriers currently deployed in the US Pacific Fleet.^] In October 2025, satellite imagery of the Dalian Shipyard showed the first stages of keel-laying and hull construction for the supposed Type 004 carrier.

.Nuclear propulsion:In 2017, the Chinese Central Government was reportedly ready to spend RMB 22 billion (USD$3.3 billion) on the development of two prototype TMSR-LF1 thorium-based molten-salt reactors to be built at Wuwei, Gansu province in northwestern China, aiming to have the reactors operational by 2020.^[]

In December 2023, Jiangnan Shipyard unveiled plans for KUN-24AP, a 24,000 TEU nuclear-powered container ship designed to use Gen IV molten-salt reactors for propulsion.^[16] The PLA Navy is interested in the same technology to power large surface warships as part of Chinas military-civil fusion strategy.^[]

Based on the specifications of the Type 004 and Chinas building plans, military analysts believe that China is planning to rival the capabilities of the USs Ford supercarrier, and match the firepower of the US carrier fleet in the Pacific, while also giving China the ability to project power beyond the Second Island Chain. Originally, China was planning to build around 4 Type 004 aircraft carriers, which would give them a total fleet size of 7 carriers.^] However, in December 2025, the US Defense Department revealed that China had revised their plan upwards, planning to produce 6 Type 004 carriers by 2035, which would give them a total of 9 aircraft carriers. This would outnumber the 6 aircraft carriers currently deployed in the US Pacific Fleet.^]

WHY CHINAS FOURTH AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LIKELY TO BE NUCLEAR-POWERED - National Maritime Foundation

004型航空母艦是中國人民解放軍海軍計劃建造的一個超級航空母艦系列，

Nuclear Reactor Biological shield Speculation..There could still be a curveball, but this is tracking with rumours that DL is doing the first CVN.

CHINA NAVY SO GREAT..

https://youtu.be/HO-O8dooJQs?si=QmqGz-Nsl-XzehIB

Chinas emerging nuke carrier built to break US naval dominance - Asia Times

It has been proposed by some observers that the square sections could be made up of biological shields of a nuclear reactor, since it was expected to be a nuclear powered vessel, the Type 004. Nevertheless, naval engineering specialists have indicated that biological shields of reactors are normally a continuity part of the hull and are not stand alone components which would be visible as a distinct entity in satellite pictures.

The biological shield is an essential protection mechanism around a navigation reactor in which it stores radiations and supports the reactor housing. These shields are normally constructed as part of the actual hull of the ship in early stages of construction of aircraft carriers and thus they are very unlikely to appear in form of separate parts; aircraft carriers will also have very odd shapes.

Such a technical explanation implies that the secretive sections can be earmarked to other functions in the construction of a carrier such as aircraft handling systems, weapons stowages or highly sophisticated radar systems needed by the current supercarriers to operate effectively.

China Is Assembling an Impressive Nuclear Supercarrier - The Type 004

Dalian Shipyard Type 004 aircraft carrier construction

.與之前的003型航母一樣，004型航母也將具備彈射輔助起飛攔阻回收系統，.

可以用電磁彈射器彈射艦載機和無人機^]。但與003型所不同，004型的排水量將更大，據猜測將超過10萬噸級，更有證據表明它將是中國第一艘採用核動力推進系統的航母型號^]。該型首艦自2024年起在大連造船廠建造，預計將在2030年左右服役^[]。

.The latest satellite images of Dalian shipyard in China reveal unknown construction modules that could hint the start of one of the most awaited aircraft carriers in history the Type 004 aircraft carrier project. These giant parts that were photographed in different phases of assembly during 2024 have elicited strong suspicions of what China is developing after its last-generation nuclear-powered supercarrier that might be able to fly circles round the current Ford-class vessels in America.

The earliest sighting of the satellite images was approximately during the first week of June and what was discovered was an enclosed white square which was strategically located within the ship yard construction zone. That initial glimpse was then followed by a view of an exposed gray square section indicating a modular building strategy as common to big naval vessels. Most interestingly of all, perhaps, March photography caught what seems to be an off-axis structural element, which the experts think may have been some fragment of an electromagnetic catapult track system.

. Dalian Shipyard Type 004 aircraft carrier construction

While it has yet to be defined whether it will be nuclear-powered or not, China moves forward with the construction of its fourth Type 004 aircraft carrier

While it has yet to be officially confirmed whether it will be nuclear-powered or not, the release of new satellite imagery shows that China continues to move forward with the construction of its fourth aircraft carrier for the People’s Liberation Army Navy, currently known as Type 004 and expected to become the largest carrier in service with the force. According to the description accompanying the images, the work is being carried out at the Dalian shipyards, where it can also be observed that a large portion of the keel has already been laid....

.China CVN under construction.

.China is actively constructing its fourth aircraft carrier, widely designated as the Type 004, at the Dalian Shipyard, with work on the vessels hull modules observed throughout 2025. Satellite imagery strongly indicates this new supercarrier will likely be nuclear-powered (CVN), representing a significant leap in naval capability.

https://youtu.be/9xFQbuqSzjs?si=sJbKJPfjm4bcjvr.

...Key Details of the Type 004 Project:

Nuclear Propulsion: Evidence suggests the Type 004 will utilize twin pressurized water reactors, allowing for unlimited range and power generation for advanced systems.
Size and Capacity: The ship is expected to be in the 110,000–120,000 ton range, making it one of the largest warships ever built, featuring a full-length CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery) flight deck.
Advanced Capabilities: It is projected to use electromagnetic catapults (EMALS) to launch heavier aircraft, including stealth fighters and unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs).
Construction Progress: Construction is underway at Dalian Shipyard (Liaoning province), with satellite imagery confirming the assembly of modular hull sections.
Strategic Goal: The Type 004 is designed to close the technology gap with the U.S. Navy and provide the PLAN with enhanced, long-endurance, blue-water power projection capabilities. While it has yet to be officially confirmed whether it will be nuclear-powered or not, the release of new satellite imagery shows that China continues to move forward with the construction of its fourth aircraft carrier for the People’s Liberation Army Navy, currently known as Type 004 and expected to become the largest carrier in service with the force. According to the description accompanying the images, the work is being carried out at the Dalian shipyards, where it can also be observed that a large portion of the keel has already been laid.