Liaoning aircraft carrier group passes through 1st island chain, ‘likely for routine drills’
From www.globaltimes.cn
2022-05-03 03:41:00
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Led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning, a very powerful Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy flotilla reportedly entered the West Pacific via the Miyako Strait on Monday, in a move analysts said on Tuesday could be the carrier group’s first routine far sea drills of 2022.
Consisting of at least eight warships, the carrier group is the largest to head out to far sea among recent voyages, marking a significant combat capability boost in preparation for missions that include a potential military conflict across the Taiwan Straits, experts said.
A total of eight PLA Navy vessels, namely the aircraft carrier Liaoning, the Type 055 large guided missile destroyer Nanchang, the Type 052D guided missile destroyers Xining, Urumqi and Chengdu, the Type 052C…
