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China reveals encounter with Western aircraft carrier in contested waters

CHINA, JUL 18 – The CNS Shandong launched J-15 fighter jets to repel fast-approaching aircraft from an unidentified carrier amid ongoing South China Sea territorial disputes, China's military reported.

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Encounters between Chinese and foreign military aircraft and vessels near the East Asian country are not uncommon.

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Two Chinese aircraft carriers entered an American-influenced Pacific area, an operation that appears to be a demonstration of strength and is fuelling anxiety about tensions in the region, particularly around Taiwan.

In the Pacific, no conflict has erupted for many years, but that does not mean that there is not a climate of general tension involving many countries, including Japan, China and the United States. And the latest revelations of the New York Times are not likely to calm the already tense situation. Indeed, the American media reported that between May and June 2025, two Chinese aircraft carriers voluntarily entered the waters of Guam Island, a ter…

When the first Chinese carrier, the Liaoning (CV-16), entered service in the Chinese Navy in 2016, the ship, as the Chinese initiative, was not perceived, out-of-measure, as a threat, to American naval supremacy. Sometimes even, this Soviet Kuznetsov class ship, acquired at the 2/3 finished in Ukraine, before being deconstructed, then [...]

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Newsweek broke the news in United States on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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