The Chinese navy has carried out a series of “confrontational drills” in the South China Sea, state media has reported, after a United States aircraft carrier group began operating in the contested waterway.The Chinese navy’s Shandong aircraft carrier group conducted “realistic combat-oriented confrontational exercises” in the South China Sea, the Communist Party-owned Global Times news website reported on Sunday, citing a statement from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).During the drills, which simulated hostile aircraft attacks, J-15 fighter jets took off from the Shandong and carried out interception training, the PLA’s statement on Saturday said, according to the Global Times.
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