This week, Japan announced that a U.S. aircraft carrier will arrive at its home port near Tokyo in mid-to-late November for forward deployment. Also, two Chinese aircraft carriers were not underway, while another one had sailed into the wider Western Pacific Ocean earlier.

China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents provided to The Associated Press.

U.S. researchers have concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers