{"id":158771,"date":"2026-10-14T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158771"},"modified":"2026-10-14T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:00:06","slug":"chinas-liaoning-carrier-heads-to-the-pacific-as-us-japan-prepare-for-missile-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158771","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Liaoning carrier heads to the Pacific as US, Japan prepare for missile drills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe PLA Navy\u2019s Liaoning aircraft carrier has started its second drill series in the western Pacific this year, with the training likely to coincide with an expanded US-Japan military exercise that could have implications for a Taiwan contingency.<br \/>\nThe Liaoning carrier group was carrying out the drill in \u201crelevant waters\u201d of the western Pacific Ocean as part of the navy\u2019s annual training plan, China\u2019s defence ministry said on Wednesday.<br \/>\nWhile it did not disclose the exact location of the drill,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3370859\/chinas-liaoning-carrier-heads-pacific-us-japan-prepare-missile-drills?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe PLA Navy\u2019s Liaoning aircraft carrier has started its second drill series in the western Pacific this year, with the training likely to coincide&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158771"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}