CNS Liaoning, China's first operational aircraft carrier, transited the Taiwan Strait.
A Chinese aircraft carrier transited the contested Taiwan Strait on Tuesday night following a series of operations and exercises in the Western Pacific Ocean since mid-September.The Defense Ministry of Taiwan reported on Wednesday that a Chinese naval fleet, led by aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning, passed through the 110-mile-wide waterway northward. It said the island's armed forces closely monitored the transit and took appropriate measures.
Damien Symon, an open-source intelligence expert, said on Wednesday that as of October 18, the Shandong was underway in the South China Sea, while CNS Fujian, the newest and most advanced Chinese aircraft carrier, remained in Shanghai in eastern China.The movement of the Liaoning came as the U.S. military faced the so-called 'carrier gap' in the Western Pacific Ocean. Official U.S.
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