Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Shandong (17) once again deployed again to the Philippine Sea, marking the second time this month. Shandong is operating closer to the Philippines this deployment, with a Japan Joint Staff Office (JSO) map showing the carrier around 200 nautical miles east of the northeast tip of the Philippine main island of Luzon. Around 11 a.m. Wednesday, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JMSDF confirmed that Shandong and cruiser CNS Yan’an (106), were sailing in the waters about 490 miles south of Miyako Island, according to a JSO release. The Shandong Carrier Strike Group sailed within the Philippines
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