Key facts
- China's aircraft carrier Fujian sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday.
- This is the Fujian's first transit of the Taiwan Strait since April.
- Taiwan's defense ministry reported the Fujian's passage.
- Russian strategic bombers conducted flights over the Barents and Norwegian Seas.
- The bombers included Tu-160 and Tu-95MS models.
- The Russian flights included air-to-air refueling tests.
- Russian MiG-31 fighter jets escorted the bombers.
- Foreign escorts were present during the Russian bomber missions.
China's most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, as reported by Taiwan's defense ministry. This marks the carrier's first passage through the sensitive waterway since April. The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier and its most technologically advanced, is equipped with electromagnetic catapults for launching aircraft. Its transit through the strait, a narrow body of water separating mainland China from Taiwan, is often closely monitored due to regional tensions.