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China deploys swarm of satellites to monitor military exercises in Australia (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 1 year ago by aquarisces to c/[email protected]
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Key points:

  • Three Chinese geostationary orbit satellites manoeuvred into position over northern Australia to monitor July's "Talisman Sabre" war games

  • Hundreds of smaller satellites are surveilling "Exercise Malabar", which involves warships from the US, India and Japan

  • Experts say Beijing has extraordinary capability to gather intelligence on Australian military operations

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is China genuinely concerned about Australia’s capabilities? Is there something I don’t know here?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I can't think why. Our military is well kit-out as a defense force. Invading Australia would be a headache for pretty much anyone except the USA. Australia has almost no projection of force, though. We aren't at all equipped to drop several thousand troops/aircraft anywhere. Let alone China: who would probably be the hardest nation on the planet to invade.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well, we're fucked.