21.09.2024, 12:40
Chinesische Trägerkampfgruppe um die Liaoning erstmals in der Philippinensee...
Schneemann
Zitat:China’s Liaoning Carrier Strike Group Deploys to Philippine Seahttps://news.usni.org/2024/09/18/chinas-...ippine-sea
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Liaoning Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployed to the Philippine Sea Wednesday, in the carrier’s first western Pacific deployment since completing a mid-life refurbishment in March.
CNS Liaoning (16), accompanied by destroyers CNS Chengdu (120) and CNS Huainan (123), was sighted 130 miles northwest of Uotsuri Island around 7 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Wednesday release from Japan’s Joint Staff Office. A three-ship PLAN surface action group followed, likely also part of the Liaoning CSG.
The Liaoning CSG sailed south in an area 43 miles west of Uotsuri Island then saile south between Yonaguni Island and Iriomote Island to enter the Philippine Sea from Tuesday to Wednesday. Yonaguni Island lies 67 miles east of Taiwan, and PLAN ships routinely transit the waters between Yonaguni Island and Taiwan. Japan placed a radar and an electronic warfare unit on the island to track Chinese movements in the area, and the U.S. Marine Corps in August deployed a mobile radar there as part of the Marine Corps–Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) exercise Resolute Dragon 24. [...]
The PLAN CSG sailed through Japan’s contiguous zone while sailing between Yonaguni Island and Iriomote Island, unacceptable to Japan, Japan Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshi Moriya said in a Wednesday press conference. [...]
China’s media reported that along with at sea training, Liaoning had been conducting trials of the J-35 fighter aircraft, a carrier-borne next-generation stealth fighter aircraft, following its return to the PLAN fleet.
The JSO also issued a second release on Wednesday, about cruiser CNS Anshan (103), destroyer CNS Urumqi (118) and fast combat support ship CNS Hulunhu (901), which were sighted 49 miles northwest of Uotsuri Island around 9 a.m.
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