CHINA The first domestically-built Chinese aircraft carrier, Shandong, has completed its combat testing and training missions in the Bohai Sea, according to state media. The sea trials in September were expected to include Shenyang Aircraft Corporation J-15 fighter operations, according to the state-owned media and China People's Liberation Army (PLA)-sponsored websites, such as, 'China Military'. The Shandong, which was commissioned into the PLA Navy in December 2019, left the Dalian shipyard in Liaoning province on September 1 for the trials. The Chinese media also reported that China's first carrier, the Liaoning, carried out training in the same month.
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