Japanese media: China's aircraft carrier conducts aircraft takeoff and landing operations in the Pacific near Ryukyu Islands
Japanese media reported on December 6 that according to a report from the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier conducted aircraft takeoff and landing operations in the Pacific Ocean near Okinawa Prefecture. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets were scrambled to respond, and no airspace violation incident occurred. According to the Ministry of Defense, on the afternoon of the 5th, the Maritime Self-Defense Force confirmed that the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier Liaoning was sailing in the East China Sea approximately 420 kilometers north of the Diaoyu Islands' Kuba Island near Okinawa. On the morning of the 6th, the carrier formed a formation with three missile destroyers and entered the Pacific toward the southeast through the waters between the main island of Ryukyu and the Miyako Islands. Afterwards, the four ships sailed in the Pacific about 270 kilometers west of the Okinawa Daito Islands, during which the Liaoning carried out aircraft and helicopter takeoff and landing operations. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets were scrambled to respond, and "no airspace infringement occurred." Regarding the movements of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier: In June this year, the Liaoning and Shandong carriers made their first joint entry into the Pacific, and last month the third "Fujian" carrier was officially commissioned, with increasingly frequent activities.
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