Forty days of training in South China Sea and western Pacific Ocean comes amid a push for extended range and amphibious coordination
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenAlcott Weiin BeijingPublished: 8:00pm, 23 Jun 2026China’s first aircraft carrier tried new tactics in its latest drill – including working with land-based tanker aircraft and coordinating with an amphibious assault ship – amid a push to strengthen military combat capability.
CCTV released videos of the exercises on Monday and said the Liaoning had demonstrated that its combat capability had reached a new level.
