Beijing sends aircraft carrier group to disputed South China Sea

CA 6 South China Sea: Shandong aircraft carrier ‘battle ready’, Beijing declares amid tensions 7,811 views •May 6, 2021 118 13 Share Save You News2 72.6K subscribers South China Sea: Shandong aircraft carrier ‘battle ready’, Beijing declares amid tensions. BEIJING's Shandong aircraft carrier has completed its first publicly known military drill in the South China Sea, China's defence ministry has said. The Shandong is the PLA Navy’s second aircraft carrier after the Liaoning which is currently operating elsewhere in the South China Sea. According to Gao Xiucheng, a spokesman for the Chinese navy, the latest exercise involved communications, manoeuvres, coordination and field training. Mr Gao said on May 2 that the exercises were “legitimate and can enhance Chinese capabilities to protect national sovereignty, security, and development interest." He added: “We hope the outside world can view [the Shandong’s exercise] objectively and rationally. “The PLA Navy will continue to organize similar exercises according to the plan regularly in the future.” The PLA ship is capable of carrying a fleet of Shenyang J-15 warplanes equipped with more weapons and fuel than the F/A-18 Super Hornets used on US Navy aircraft carriers. The Shandong’s military drills come as tensions between Beijing and Washington escalate over South China Sea issues. Last month, the US Navy released a photo taken from the deck of the USS Mustin showing Naval officers watching over the Liaoning from a very short distance. On the same day as the Chinese warning, US President Joe Biden told Congress that the competition with China would be a litmus test and promised to maintain America’s technological advantage of China. China’s other aircraft carrier group led by the Liaoning also recently completed military drills and training around Taiwan, Wu Qian, a spokesman at China’s ministry of national defence said on Thursday. IMPORTANT! -None of these images, music & video clips were created/owned by us. -This video is purely fan-made, if you (owners) have seen your content and want to remove this video, please message us privately or mail us JustFor12345xyz@gmail.com before doing anything. We will respectfully remove it immediately. -COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER UNDER SECTION 107 OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT 1976 - Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. 84 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... Tyrone G Jackson Tyrone G Jackson 1 week ago It's not that far away! Amazon, Microsoft, Overstock, Ebay, Alibaba, and a slew of other big names have embraced crypto coins for their trade. People will soon abandon bank transactions in favor of cryptocurrency, especially when transacting across borders 20 bantumwt bantumwt 1 week ago It'll make a nice fish habitat on the ocean floor. 3 Love Oneother Love Oneother 1 week ago Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Colossians 4:2 KJV Joe Zappia Joe Zappia 1 week ago Another Aluminum can driven by Gamers with no WAR Experience 3 Joe Morello Joe Morello 1 week ago (edited) Anyone who wants to pin a war medal on their chest has to go to the South China Sea for the action! 🇨🇦🙂 1 stan20001000 stan20001000 1 week ago If anything like there cars or other goods crap I don't think much worry about Aaaa Bbbb Aaaa Bbbb 1 week ago Battle ready...battle tested???? Phillip Belcher Phillip Belcher 1 week ago I doubt that carrier would last more than three minutes in a conflict against an American carrier. Even one of your oldest carriers would wipe it out in that amount of time. What the hell are they thinking we’ve been building these things for more than 70 years.