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China’s Liaoning carrier heads to the Pacific as US, Japan prepare for missile drills
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Beijing. The first report grouped here was at 14 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC. The headline in use is “China’s Liaoning carrier heads to the Pacific as US, Japan prepare for missile drills”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Beijing’s Liaoning aircraft carrier on Wednesday started its second training in the western Pacific this year, with the drill likely to coincide with an expanded US-Japan military exercise that may have implications for a Taiwan contingency. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy was organising the drill for the Liaoning formation…
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China’s Liaoning carrier heads to the Pacific as US, Japan prepare for missile drills
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