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China's Liaoning aircraft carrier formation heads to Western Pacific for training
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The Liaoning carrier formation departed for the Western Pacific on May 19 for a planned training deployment that will include far-sea tactical flight operations, live-fire exercises, support and cover maneuvers, and comprehensive rescue drills. The PLA Navy's explicit framing around 实战化训练水平 (realistic combat training standards) fits the sustained post-2015 push to close the gap between peacetime training and actual combat conditions. What remains unknown is the formation's specific composition and operating area.
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BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese formation led by the Liaoning aircraft carrier on Tuesday left for the Western Pacific for training purposes, according to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. The carrier formation will conduct a series of training tasks, including far-sea tactical flight operations, live-fire shooting, support and cover maneuvers, and comprehensive rescue, the PLA Navy said. This routine training is designed to test and improve the troops' level of realistic training (实战化训练水平). Conducted in accordance with the annual plan, the training serves to enhance the forces' capacity to fulfill their missions, and complies with relevant international law and common practice, it added.
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BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese formation led by the Liaoning aircraft carrier on Tuesday left for the Western Pacific for training purposes, according to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. The carrier formation will conduct a series of training tasks, including far-sea tactical flight operations, live-fire shooting, support and cover maneuvers, and comprehensive rescue, the PLA Navy said. This routine training is designed to test and improve the troops' level of realistic training. Conducted in accordance with the annual plan, the training serves to enhance the forces' capacity to fulfill their missions, and complies with relevant international law and common practice, it added.