China Says Aircraft Carriers Conduct Combat Training in Pacific

File image of the PLA Navy aircraft carrier Liaoning. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

Two Chinese aircraft carrier groups conducted combat drills in the western Pacific Ocean, Beijing said Monday, as it honed its military capacity, unsettling some regional neighbors.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said its Liaoning and Shandong carrier formations “recently… completed combat training on the high seas and returned to their home ports safely”.

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