PLA Navy uses Liaoning for routine far-seas carrier training deployments

The article describes an evolving, routine pattern of far-seas training deployments by China's first carrier Liaoning, used to validate flight operations/sensors and to train newer carriers (Shandong/Fujian). The novelty is doctrinal/operational: regularized carrier group deployments and flight ops in contested areas as a training and readiness-building method rather than a one-off cruise.