The People s Liberation Army has released images from a series of military exercises this week, following the high-profile visit to Taiwan by three U.S. senators on Sunday.
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China’s Shandong Aircraft Carrier Group Holds 1st Drill in 2021 in South China Sea Our Bureau 1515
Shandong aircraft carrier (image: China MoD)
An aircraft carrier group led by China’s Shandong carrier is conducting a series of exercises in the South China Sea in its first known voyage of the year.
Senior Captain Gao Xiucheng, a spokesperson from the PLA Navy, said that the drill involving Shandong
“is a regular series of exercises organized based on the annual work schedule, and is fully legitimate and legal.” He added that it will
“contribute to boosting the service’s capability to safeguard China’s sovereignty, security and development interests as well as regional peace and stability.”
China s 2nd aircraft carrier group holds 1st drill in 2021 in S.China Sea, training for combat preparedness
Liu Xuanzun Published: May 02, 2021 12:10 PM Updated: May 02, 2021 02:39 PM
The picture shows aircraft carrier Shandong berths at a naval port in Sanya. China s first domestically-made aircraft carrier Shandong (Hull 17) was officially commissioned to the PLA Navy at a military port in Sanya, South China s Hainan Province, on the afternoon of December 17, 2019, making China one of the few countries in the world that have multiple carriers. Photo:China Military
An aircraft carrier group led by China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, is conducting a series of exercises in the South China Sea in its first known voyage of the year, almost immediately after the country’s first carrier, the Liaoning, left the region, and Chinese analysts said on Sunday that the move highlighted the fact that the two aircraft carriers that China currently operates are actively trainin