DEFENSE/A first: Taiwan spots new PLA aircraft carrier sailing in Taiwan Strait
12/17/2025 11:30 AM
Taiwan's military has spotted China's new aircraft carrier, the Fujian, for the first time since it was commissioned making a transit through the Taiwan Strait and released a surveillance photograph of it.
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