The Ministry of National Defense said that the Chinese Navy's dual aircraft carrier formation carried out combat training in the context of actual combat

On October 31st, at the regular press conference of the Ministry of National Defense, a reporter asked: Recently, the Liaoning ship participated in the "Joint Sharp Sword-2024B" exercise for the first time. It was just announced that during the recent training period, the Liaoning ship carried out the dual aircraft carrier formation exercise with the Shandong ship formation for the first time in a certain area of the South China Sea. Is the dual aircraft carrier formation exercise in the South China Sea aimed at the United States and the fleets of European countries crossing the Taiwan Strait into the South China Sea for so-called "freedom of navigation" operations? Will the dual aircraft carriers participate in the relevant exercises of the "Joint Sharp Sword" in the future? In this regard, Zhang Xiaogang, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, said that the maritime training of the dual aircraft carrier formation is an annual routine arrangement, which mainly carries out combat training in the context of actual combat, and further enhances the