Author: Ethan Connell
Taiwan’s National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu said the PLA is sending groups of vessels, including the PLAN carrier Liaoning (16), to exercise east of the First Island Chain.
TSM counts 34 PLAN and 19 CCG/MSA/RSB vessels as of Oct. 28, including three theater command far-seas formations. The Liaoning transited between Okinawa and Miyako on Oct. 14 with destroyers Anshan (103), Wuxi (104) and Huainan (123), per Japan’s Joint Staff.