Posted on 04/19/2018 7:25:47 PM PDT by naturalman1975
Three Australian warships were challenged by the Chinese military as they travelled through the disputed South China Sea earlier this month, the ABC can reveal.
The confrontations with the People's Liberation Army are believed to have occurred as China was conducting its largest ever naval exercises in the hotly contested waters.
Defence sources have confirmed HMAS Anzac, HMAS Toowoomba and HMAS Success were challenged by the PLA Navy as they were transiting towards Vietnam where they are now conducting a three-day goodwill visit in Ho Chi Minh City.
One official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, insists the exchanges with the Chinese were polite, but "robust".
The Defence Department has refused to answer questions or discuss details of the interactions between the Australian warships and the Chinese military.
In a statement it has confirmed HMAS Anzac and HMAS Success recently travelled through the South China Sea after leaving Subic Bay in the Philippines, while HMAS Toowoomba also went through the disputed waters after departing from Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia.
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She loved you long time, eh?
They left us with a density...to reckon with...
Pufft!
China is so broke, they can’t pay attention, they have no friends and less resources...or food.
Eff em...
[Toowoomba]
Gotta admit. That’s my favorite name for an Auddie city. Saw it on a map once.
Gotta admit. That's my favorite name for an AUSSIE city. Saw it on a map once.
(Darn can't blame that one on the keyboard - that's what I get fer typing by the light of the screen LOL)
If a neighbor came to a public park, set up a recliner, then banned anyone else from approaching, then insisted, “This park is mine and it’s been mine all along,” you’d either call the cops or a psychiatrist.
China does it in the Pacific, Tibet, Bhutan, and India, and everyone just shrugs.
“Who gave it away?”....
I think it was some black guy.
Obama gave it away.
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