Chinese carriers return from Pacific deployment
China’s Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carrier strike groups have completed an extended far-sea combat readiness training mission and returned safely to port, according to Chinese state media on June 30. The drills mark the latest in a series of joint maritime operations conducted by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), with a growing focus on […]
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China’s Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carrier strike groups have completed an extended far-sea combat readiness training mission and returned safely to port, according to Chinese state media on June 30. The drills mark the latest in a series of joint maritime operations conducted by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), with a growing focus on…