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Taiwan reported China's Liaoning aircraft carrier group sailing to the island's south. The sighting came hours after the Chinese military put out a video saying it was "prepared for battle."

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Sunday it was "on alert" after a Chinese aircraft carrier was detected to the south of the island.

The incident comes three days after Taiwan's president angered Beijing during a speech to mark the self-ruled island's National Day.

China considers Taiwan as part of its territory and tensions between the two have spiked in recent years over the near-constant deployment of Chinese ships to waters near the island.

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[-] Promethiel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not all.

Carriers tend to have internal hangar spaces, repair/loadout spaces, machining capability, assisted takeoff/landing systems on the flight deck, etc.

To "carry" the aircraft and expect them to perform their roles, the carrier has to be a mobile light airfield and not just a deck to land and take off from.

Edit: Not to say they can't sail or don't with any of them on the flight deck of course, but that's maintaining a certain level of readiness that has some posturing inherent. I guess that's true for all military readiness doctrines.

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