China’s Aircraft Carrier Testing Weapons in South China Sea

China’s sole aircraft carrier is holding naval drills in the South China Sea this week.



The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) sole operational aircraft carrier, the 60,000-ton Liaoning, a retrofitted Soviet-era Admiral Kuznetsov-class multirole aircraft carrier, is conducting military drills in the South China Sea this week, according to China’s Ministry of Defense.



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