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Field footage · East China Sea and Pacific, southwest of Japan

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Japan photographs China's carrier Liaoning group near Okinawa

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, hull number 16, under way at sea with aircraft on deck, photographed by Japan's navy.
Japan Joint Staff / JMSDF photo · CC BY 4.0 (Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0)

Japan's Joint Staff released this Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force photo of the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning (hull 16) with an Oct. 16, 2026 press release. The Joint Staff says JMSDF spotted Liaoning with two Renhai-class and one Luyang-III-class destroyers about 390 km southwest of the Danjo Islands on Oct. 13, saw the group pass between Okinawa and Miyako-jima into the Pacific on Oct. 14, and observed carrier fighter takeoffs and landings about 250 km south of Ishigaki-jima. It says JASDF fighters scrambled in response.

What
Japan photographs China's carrier Liaoning group near Okinawa
Where
East China Sea and Pacific, southwest of Japan
When
2026-10-16
Source
Japan Joint Staff
Credit
Japan Joint Staff / JMSDF photo
License
CC BY 4.0 (Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0)
Details
Official release · Japan Joint Staff (Ministry of Defense) · East China Sea and Pacific, southwest of Japan

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  1. Japan Joint Staff
  2. Field footage: the full record

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