When Sembo — a toy firm based in south China’s Guangdong province — launched a model of the aircraft carrier “Shandong” in 2020, the company’s annual sales reportedly jumped 30%. “Based on online ...

A traditional carrier — not counting its wing of 30 to 90 manned aircraft such as the F-35C fighter — is formidably expensive: around $11 billion each for a 100,000-ton US Ford-class nuclear ...