WHOAH! Australia scrambles planes in response to Chinese warships

http://www.trunews.com/australia-scrambles-planes-response-chinese-warships-near-australian-waters/


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Australia scrambles planes in response to Chinese warships near Australian waters

Australia scrambled an air force surveillance plane earlier this month to monitor an unannouncedChinese military exercise that took the emerging superpower’s ships closer to Australian territory than ever before. In what observers say is a significant strategic development, China carried out combat simulations at the beginning of the month between Christmas Island and Indonesia in an apparent flexing of