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Sputnik International
July 31, 2017
"The appearance of the Chinese intelligence-gathering ship, which monitored channels of communication between Americans and Australians off Queensland, became an unpleasant surprise for the participants of the Talisman Saber 2017 drills. Rather than convincing the region of the power ofÃâà...
The Interpreter
July 30, 2017
Recent posts in The Interpreter (by Iain Henry, Euan Graham and James Goldrick) have commented on the presence of a Chinese intelligence-gathering ship off the Queensland Coast during Exercise Talisman Sabre. All these posts are broadly correct – the incident suggested Chinese hypocrisy with itsÃâà...
Chronicle
July 28, 2017
Canberra — The US Pacific Fleet commander said yesterday he would launch a nuclear strike against China next week if President Donald Trump ordered it, and warned against the military ever shifting its allegiance from its commander in chief. Adm Scott Swift was addressing an Australian NationalÃâà...
The Asian Age
July 27, 2017
The drills were monitored by a Chinese intelligence-gathering ship off northeast Australia. Asked by an academic in the audience whether he would make a nuclear attack on China next week if Trump ordered it, Swift replied, “The answer would be: Yes.” “Every member of the US military has sworn an oathÃâà...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
July 27, 2017
The drills were monitored by a Chinese intelligence-gathering ship off northeast Australia. Asked by an academic in the audience whether he would make a nuclear attack on China next week if Trump ordered it, Swift replied: “The answer would be: Yes.” “Every member of the U.S. military has sworn anÃâà...
Sputnik International
July 25, 2017
Canberra says a Chinese intelligence-gathering ship was spotted near Australia as major biennial joint military exercises with the US were wrapping up. A Dongdiao-class electronic surveillance ship (Type 815) from the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) was seen in the waters off Queensland duringÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
July 24, 2017
Last week the North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed that another Chinese intelligence-gathering ship was sighted off the coast of Alaska, believed to be monitoring the successful test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, a missile defense system test that was carried out atÃâà...
The Interpreter
July 23, 2017
If this was the first appearance of a Chinese intelligence-gathering ship off the coast of Australia, it will not be the last. The Australian public will have to get used to a regular PLA-N presence not only in its northern approaches, but also to the direct proximity of uninvited observers, on, below and above theÃâà...
The Japan Times
July 22, 2017
The Chinese intelligence ship was spotted just days after the Australian Defence Department hosted Chinese People's Liberation Army Gen. Wei Liang, political commissar for the Southern Theatre Command, during a goodwill visit to the country from July 15 to 19. The spy ship's operations also came asÃâà...
Oneindia
July 3, 2017
The Sikkim impasse continue with the Indian Navy reporting an increase in activity of Chinese vessels in the Indian Ocean region. The Navy has learnt that an intelligence gathering ship, Haiwingxing, was spotted in Indian Ocean last month after the impasse in Sikkim began. India spots ChineseÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
May 30, 2017
Somewhat infamously, a Chinese intelligence ship shadowed the exercises, although it was not part of the official RIMPAC team. Russia also has officially participated in RIMPAC — once, in 2012. The Russians have not been invited back, although an intelligence ship and a destroyer shadowed RIMPACÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
May 30, 2017
Somewhat infamously, a Chinese intelligence ship shadowed the exercises, although it was not part of the official RIMPAC team. Russia also has officially participated in RIMPAC — once, in 2012. The Russians have not been invited back, although an intelligence ship and a destroyer shadowed RIMPACÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
May 30, 2017
When China took part in the 2014 games, its first entry, things went smoothly — despite what were described as “growing pains” and the presence of a Chinese intelligence ship shadowing the exercises without an invitation. RELATED from 2014: Historic moment for naval war games Ãâû. In recent yearsÃâà...
