The exercise involves more than 30,000 troops from 13 nations, including Indonesia and Japan. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SYDNEY – Australia opened a large-scale joint military exercise with the United States and almost a dozen other nations on Friday, as a senior officer revealed that a Chinese spy ship was following the proceedings.
Speaking at a news conference onboard the HMAS Canberra, Australia’s Chief of Joint Operations Lieutenant-General Greg Bilton told reporters that a Chinese spy ship had been spotted off the country’s north-eastern coast the previous day.“It’ll move down, I expect, and join the exercise or be in the location of the exercise again.He said the Chinese response to Australia’s communication had been “courteous and in accordance with normal norms at sea”.
A US “Indo-Pacific Strategy” last year announced efforts to work more closely with regional allies to “shape the region around China” to blunt Beijing’s influence.
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