Australia and close ally New Zealand have been monitoring three Chinese navy vessels -- a frigate, a cruiser and a supply tanker.
: Australia said Saturday it has not received a satisfactory explanation from Beijing after Chinese warships off its east coast broadcast a “disconcerting” live-fire warning that forced commercial flights to change course.
The drill appears to be over, according to Australia's Department of Defence, which said “no weapon firings were heard or seen” from the Chinese task force despite it temporarily deploying a floating firing target. Flights that had already taken off were “in a situation of needing to divert their course around the task group, and that was obviously disconcerting”.
New Zealand was working with Australia to monitor the task force and it, too, had no confirmation live firing actually occurred, said the country's defence minister, Judith Collins. A Chinese fighter jet was accused of intercepting an Australian Seahawk helicopter in international airspace in 2024, dropping flares across its flight path.
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