China’s Liaoning and Shandong Aircraft Carriers Conduct their First Dual-Carrier Exercises in the South China Sea

The dual carrier exercise, which involved for the first time the new CATOBAR variant of the J-15, was part of the PLA Navy’s annual training plan and aimed at improving the carrier strike groups’ systematic combat strength. For the first time, the PLA Navy conducted a dual-carrier exercise with the Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers […]

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