MILITARY_ Chinese warship sending ‘unsubtle’ message to Australian military

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Chinese warship sending ‘unsubtle’ message to Australian military

An uninvited guest has arrived to monitor Australian-US military exercises. And it could be sending a not-so-subtle message.

Ally Foster@allyjfoster
news.com.au
July 9, 20197:42am

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A Chinese ship is reportedly gathering information on Australian training exercises. Picture: Dylan Robinson Source:News Corp Australia


An expert has warned the Chinese military’s increased presence in Australia is sending a deliberate and unsubtle message to our forces as yet another warship approaches our waters.

Just over a month after three Chinese warships paid what was touted as a friendly visit to Sydney, Beijing has sent an uninvited surveillance vessel to spy on Australia’s military exercises.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has confirmed the ship is on its radar and was expected to position itself off Queensland just outside of territorial waters to monitor the Talisman Sabre war games between the Australian and US military.

“We’re tracking it. We don’t know yet its destination but we are assuming that it will come down to the east coast of Queensland and we will take appropriate measures,” ADF chief of joint operations Lieutenant General Greg Bilton.

In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of advanced Chinese warships venturing to parts of the world where they used to have very little presence.

Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Peter Jennings told news.com.au that the increased presence is a “deliberate” signal to Australia.



The USS Ronald Reagan is seen docked at the Port of Brisbane ahead of the Talisman Sabre 2019 exercises. Picture: Dan Peled/AAP Source:AAP


“There is definitely an increase in the presence of Chinese warships which is happening in lock step with the rapid growth of the country’s navy,” Mr Jennings said.

“It is an unsubtle way of saying to Australia and other countries that we need to pay attention to the fact they now have capable ships and aircrafts.”

The arrival of three warships into Sydney Harbour came as a surprise to most Australians and sparked questions about the true nature of the visit.

Though the Government assured the public it was just a routine “reciprocal visit”, this new monitoring vessel doesn’t really line up with the image being pushed of a friendly military relationship, according to Mr Jennings.

“It is worth remembering that friendly military forces don’t really do this to each other,” he said.

“We can use the rhetoric of shared values and interests with China but their actions show a very different kind of relationship.”

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