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China’s Liaoning Carrier Strike Group Concludes 40-day Deployment to South China, Philippine Seas - USNI News
Why it matters
China's sustained carrier-group operations in the South China Sea and Philippine waters demonstrate expanding operational reach and normalisation of high-intensity naval presence in Australia's critical Indo-Pacific neighbourhood. This capability projection directly threatens sea-lane security, Taiwan stability, and the regional balance upon which Australian trade, energy transit, and alliance architecture depend.
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