We'll have to see. The closest was Dec 2022, three years ago.
I think both are possible.
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I think both are possible.
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CV-16, CV-17 STOBAR carrier thread (001/Liaoning, 002/Shandong)
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We'll have to see. The closest was Dec 2022, three years ago.
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I think both are possible.
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Interesting.
Recall that both the JMSDF Izumo and Kaga are homported at Yokosuka and Kure, respectively.
In addition, there is also the US Navy's 7th Fleet which is headquartered at Yokosuka - And that every CVN that has ever come under the 7th Fleet (latest being the CVN-73 George Washington) is also homeported at Yokosuka.
So if the PLA CMC wants to deliver some important "messages" to Tokyo (and perhaps to DC as well)... Then this would be a prime opportunity to do so.
Perhaps land-strike exercises by warships and warplanes based from Liaoning conducted somewhere directly south of the Japanese home islands could be considered. Hell, what about this - Liaoning and her escorts could even simulate the JMSDF and/or USN CSGs that are expected to set sail from Yokosuka and/or Kure to intervene in case of contingencies to the southwest, and that all the other PLA assets stationed elsewhere could conduct anti-ship strike exercises against them.
That would be one way to deliver veiled warnings to certain groups of people, the non-lethal military way.
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