NAS Keflavik to support one squadron of aerial refueling tankers

The U.S. government has plans to boost the facilities at NAS Keflavik, Iceland so that one squadron of aerial refueling tankers can be stationed there.

U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion crew member walks along the runway during Trident Juncture 18 at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, Oct. 17, 2018, during Exercise Trident Juncture 18. Trident Juncture training in Iceland promotes key elements of preparing Marines to conduct follow-on training in Norway in the later part of the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Menelik Collins/Released)

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China is mirroring Soviet Union’s approach towards building nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

A report by South China Morning Post says China is hoping to develop a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier by first putting the reactors on icebreakers.

RIAN archive 186141 Nuclear icebreaker Arktika (cropped)
RIA Novosti archive, image #186141 / Nikolai Zaytsev / CC-BY-SA 3.0 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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