Liaoning carrier group's Western Pacific training enters second week

China's Liaoning carrier group enters its second week of drills in the Western Pacific, Japan reports.

The PLA Navy announced on 14 October that the Liaoning carrier group was conducting annual routine training in the Western Pacific, saying it complies with international law and targets no specific country. Japan's Joint Staff reported that on the 14th the group (including two Type 055 and one Type 052D destroyers) passed between Okinawa and Miyako into the Pacific and conducted carrier fighter operations about 250 km south of Ishigaki; Japan deployed ships and aircraft to monitor and scrambled fighters. CCTV reported on the 24th that training was continuing.