This is not news. There are Chinese warships close to Australian waters all the time, and vice versa.
It is being made into news because the Australian defence establishment is literally kacking its dacks because the entire basis of their strategic planning has been shown to be based on assumptions that were always questionable and are now obviously invalid.
#AusPol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/australia-new-zealand-monitor-chinese-naval-presence/104960864
It is being made into news because the Australian defence establishment is literally kacking its dacks because the entire basis of their strategic planning has been shown to be based on assumptions that were always questionable and are now obviously invalid.
#AusPol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/australia-new-zealand-monitor-chinese-naval-presence/104960864
Australia and New Zealand working together to monitor Chinese naval presence declared 'provocative' by Coalition
The Coalition has declared the Chinese naval task force's route "provocative".Stephen Dziedzic (ABC News)
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