Australia toughens ban on training ‘certain foreign militaries’ after pilot case

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Former defence personnel will now face a 20-year prison sentence if they teach “certain foreign militaries,” and the ban will be expanded to include any Australians who provide military training to nations deemed to pose a threat to national security. The crackdown has been brought on by a number of incidents involving former military pilots who now reside in Australia and who worked for a South African flight school instructing Chinese pilots—pilots who, according to the United States, are Chinese military pilots. The “Five Eyes” intelligence allies of Australia—Britain, the United States, New Zealand, and Canada—will not be subject to...