Why it matters that China’s advanced fighters can use all its carriers

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China's People's Liberation Army successfully demonstrated that its older aircraft carriers can operate closely with the advanced Fujian carrier, with upgraded fighter jets utilizing electromagnetic catapults. These exercises underscore China’s naval capabilities in the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean.

Recent People’s Liberation Army exercises showed that China’s older aircraft carriers could operate more closely in tandem with the more advanced Fujian than previously thought, experts say, as fighter jets upgraded to use electromagnetic catapults were spotted on the older Liaoning carrier. Images taken during a 40-day mission in the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean that ended on June 22 showed multiple J-15T jets taking off from, and landing on, the Liaoning. China currently operates three...