2024-08-14
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According to the Global Times, less than 30 days later, the Shandong fleet, China's first domestically-made aircraft carrier, appeared again in the waters of the Western Pacific. The U.S. Naval Institute News Network said on the 12th that this was the second time the Shandong aircraft carrier fleet was deployed to the "Philippine Sea" this year. So far, the Chinese authorities have not released relevant information. If the foreign media reports are true, this is the shortest interval between Shandong aircraft carrier fleet's far sea training in the past two years, only 25 days. A military expert interviewed by the Global Times said on the 13th that the frequency of Shandong's far sea training is very normal. In order to safeguard the country's territorial sovereignty and security, Shandong needs to conduct regular far sea training.
The Joint Staff Office of the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced on the 12th that on that day, the Shandong aircraft carrier formation appeared in the "Philippine Sea" 420 kilometers south of Miyako Island, and the accompanying ships included the Type 055 missile destroyer Yan'an, the Type 052D missile destroyer Zhanjiang, and the Type 054A missile frigate Yuncheng. The U.S. Naval Institute News Network said that the map released by the Japanese Ministry of Defense showed that the location was roughly near the Shandong ship's previous deployment location in the "Philippine Sea".
The Shandong aircraft carrier formation previously conducted training in the waters of the Western Pacific in mid-to-late July. At that time, commercial satellite images showed that the Shandong aircraft carrier had appeared in the waters near the Philippines. Some analysts believed that "China's first dispatch of an aircraft carrier to the waters near the Philippines was intended to deter." In response, Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said that the Shandong aircraft carrier formation went to the relevant waters for far sea combat training, which was an annual routine arrangement, in line with international law and international practice, and was not aimed at any specific target. "In the future, the Chinese Navy will organize similar exercises on a regular basis to continuously improve the combat capability of the aircraft carrier formation system." Zhang Xiaogang emphasized.