China sends spy ship to monitor Australian war games
In The Times this afternoon.
From the article:-
A large Chinese navy surveillance ship sailing towards Australia is expected to monitor war games on the Queensland coast involving the US and Britain.
The Australian Defence Force has taken the unusual step of publicly announcing the position of the Type 815G naval intelligence vessel, seen north of Papua New Guinea over the weekend. As well as collecting electronic intelligence, the ship, which has a crew of 250, can track ballistic missiles.
Defence chiefs said that they expected the ship to position itself just outside Australian territorial waters to monitor major military exercises with the US that begin later this week. More than 34,000 military personnel, mostly from Americans and Australians, will take part in the biennial Talisman Sabre war games.