{"id":13556,"date":"2026-10-14T13:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=13556"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:38:13","slug":"china-deploys-liaoning-carrier-strike-group-to-western-pacific-for-military-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/china-deploys-liaoning-carrier-strike-group-to-western-pacific-for-military-drills-14102026\/","title":{"rendered":"China Deploys Liaoning Carrier Strike Group to Western Pacific for Military Drills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, the People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) announced the deployment of a carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning to the western Pacific for military drills, marking a new training mission in the region following exercises announced in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>RELATED:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/china-and-eu-seek-greater-stability-in-trade-ties\/\">China and EU Seek Greater Stability in Trade Ties<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PLA said the drills are part of its annual training plan and aim to improve unit readiness \u201cunder real combat conditions.\u201d It also said the exercises comply with international law and \u201care not directed against any country or specific target.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement did not specify the composition of the carrier strike group or the exact waters of the western Pacific where the drills would take place. It also did not provide their duration or the planned activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Liaoning, the oldest of China\u2019s three operational aircraft carriers, was deployed to the same region in May, when the PLAN announced drills that included tactical flights over open water, live-fire exercises, and search-and-rescue operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June 2025, the Liaoning and the aircraft carrier Shandong completed simultaneous deployments lasting more than a month in the western Pacific. During that period, they conducted combat drills and joint operations with other military units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday morning, Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of National Defense said it had detected 13 Chinese military aircraft in succession near its territory, including J-16, J-11 and Su-30 fighter jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eleven of those aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the northern, central and southwestern sectors of Taiwan\u2019s self-declared Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) to conduct a \u201cjoint combat readiness patrol\u201d with PLAN vessels. It was the third such patrol in just over a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>teleSUR\/ JF<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Source: EFE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the People&rsquo;s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) announced the deployment of a carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning to the western Pacific for military drills, marking&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":"{\"authors\":[8],\"author_categories\":{\"8\":\"1\"},\"fallback_author_user\":\"1\",\"ppma_author_box_select\":\"\",\"selected_authors\":[{\"id\":8,\"display_name\":\"RRebeldeAdminWP\",\"is_guest\":0,\"category_id\":\"1\"}]}"},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-13556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"authors":[{"term_id":8,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"yolaunicaquehay","display_name":"RRebeldeAdminWP","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6145d63ff95c9a0f0e53b7149804b1faf86748d6cc15f466103269a288ea377?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english","last_name":"Radio Rebelde","first_name":"WebMaster","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13558,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13556\/revisions\/13558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13556"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=13556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}