News Snapshot:
Sky News confirmed that before major military exercises with the United States, the second Chinese spy ship was approaching the Australian coast. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s general intelligence ship “Neptune” is approaching the east coast of Australia through the Solomon Sea. Secretary of Defense Peter Dutton stated that the ADF had been monitoring the approach of the ship as part of a broader surveillance effort before the exercise of the Talisman Sabre. Mr. Dutton said that the ship, like its sister ship, has been acting legally during the transit and is expected to continue to do so. “The Ministry...
