중국 함대의 무력 시위 (오스트렐리아 한바퀴)

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055형 순양함 1척이 이끄는 중국 함대가 오스트렐리아를 한바퀴 도는 무력 시위를 했네요. 충분히 미리 알리지 않고 실사격 훈련도 해서 오스트렐리아와 뉴질랜드가 항의했다고 합니다.

오스트렐리아 국방부는 이렇게 한마디 했습니다.

We respect the right of all states under international law to exercise freedom of navigation and overflight in international waters and airspace, just as we expect others to respect our right to do the same.

https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2025-03-09/peoples-liberation-army-navy-vessels-operating-near-australia

People’s Liberation Army–Navy vessels operating near Australia

Update 1

Tuesday, 25 February 2025 - 16:30 PM

People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Task Group 107, comprised of the Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang, the Renhai-class Cruiser Zunyi, and the Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu, is operating approximately 160 nautical miles (296 kilometres) east of Hobart, inside of Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

Task Group 107 re-entered Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the early hours of this morning.

Defence continues to monitor the Task Group while it remains in the vicinity of Australia’s maritime approaches, and is coordinating closely with the New Zealand Defence Force.  

Australia expects all militaries operating in the region to engage transparently, maintain the highest standards of safety and professionalism, and we encourage all states to maintain open communication to ensure their actions support regional security and stability.

We respect the right of all states under international law to exercise freedom of navigation and overflight in international waters and airspace, just as we expect others to respect our right to do the same.

China | Out and about

Chinese warships circumnavigate another island: Australia

Mar 6th 2025

An ominous new display of long-range naval power

Having built the world’s largest navy, China is keen to show it off. But officials from Australia and New Zealand have been startled in recent days by the way it has been flaunting itself in Oceania. On February 21st a commercial pilot flying over the Tasman Sea received a surprise warning from a Chinese navy task-force in international waters that it was engaging in live-fire drills. Airlines scrambled to divert planes. Since then, the two Chinese warships and one supply vessel have staged an unprecedented circumnavigation of Australia, fuelling political debate about a power that once seemed distant.

The task force includes a 10,000-tonne cruiser of a type that China hailed—with justification—as a “leap forward” in its naval modernisation when it joined service in 2020 (the year the Pentagon said China’s navy had surpassed its own in size). The ships may have been joined by a nuclear-powered submarine: in the past 15 years, China has been churning these out at the rate of nearly one a year, the Pentagon reports. China is not accused of behaving illegally, but one Australian intelligence chief, Andrew Shearer, said some of its activities “seem designed to be provocative”.

This is the farthest south China has ever sent its navy for training. The firing drills seemed designed to highlight its ability to project force far from home. And they appeared to show indifference to the impact. Australia and New Zealand have complained that they did not get sufficient warning about the live firing.

Planning for the exercises may have predated Donald Trump’s election as America’s president in November 2024. But the timing of them, as America turns its back on European allies, has added to anxieties in Australia and New Zealand about their own security in the second Trump term. China may want to show that not only can it sustain its ships for long periods at sea, but also, in a conflict, interfere with the sea lanes that Australia relies on, says Jennifer Parker, a former naval officer now at the Australian National University.

In Australia the Chinese navy’s activities are causing rows ahead of federal elections, due within weeks. The centre-left Labor government, led by Anthony Albanese, says it has “stabilised” relations with China, which in the past couple of years has lifted restrictions imposed in 2020 on Australian exports worth more than A$20bn ($13bn) annually. China hawks in the opposition centre-right Liberal Party complain that Labor has gone too soft on China in order to restore that trade.

During Australia’s spell in the doghouse—for daring to call for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19—it found other buyers for its coal, barley and the like, enabling it to achieve a record trade surplus in 2022. But its concerns about China’s military behaviour kept growing. Australian officials acknowledge that their own armed forces operate in international waters and airspace close to China. But China’s response is sometimes dangerous. Last month a Chinese fighter jet released flares close to an Australian p-8a surveillance plane over the South China Sea.

Both Australia and New Zealand have another worry, that China may be strengthening its ability to deploy its forces in the region by cosying up to South Pacific microstates. In February the Cook Islands agreed to form a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with China and announced plans for Chinese investment, including port-building.

New Zealand’s foreign minister, Winston Peters, said his country was “blindsided”. It has close ties with the Cook Islands, including an arrangement to co-ordinate their security and foreign policies. Mihai Sora of the Lowy Institute, a think-tank in Sydney, says China has reason to be drawn to the Cook Islands (population: 16,800). It could, he says, become a good spot to refuel and resupply task forces—like the one sailing around Australia. 

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어떤 의미로 순양함 한 척을 툭 내던져서 돌게 했는지 참 모르겠네요.

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56년 전 플로리다 너머 멕시코 만에 나타난 Kynda 1척에 핵탄두 SS-N-3이 있을 수 있다는 것 때문에 미국 남부의 방공을 강화해야 한다는 호들갑이 있었던 것과 같은 효과를 노렸을까용?

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그리고 호주는 30년 뒤에 받을 잠수함 사업을 하는 중이고...

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이제는 줄 지 안 줄지도 모르는 상태가 돼 버린 ㅜㅜ

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토레스해협 통과 정도로 무력시위를 하려나 했는데, 타스만해에서 사격훈련 하는 거 보고 끝나면 포스팅하려고 했었는데 주말이 뉴스가... ㅎㅎㅎ