Peter Jennings, RCD/The Strategist: China: Spy Ships and Shy Generals
The most obvious response to the Chinese intelligence-gathering ship snooping around in Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Coral Sea would have been to put an RAAF P-3 maritime patrol aircraft right over the top of it. There’s nothing the Five Eyes countries won’t already know about the electronic eavesdropping capabilities of the 6,000-tonne Type 815 Dongdiao-class vessel, but that’s no reason not to add more information to our emissions libraries and to give the ship’s crew something to think about.
A second, slightly more lateral, response would have been to publish imagery from the P-3 so that the Australian community would have an idea what China’s newest intelligence-gathering vessel looks like.
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WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction .... this reluctance to confront the Chinese (even though their ship was in international waters) will have consequences .... the next time the Chinese are snooping around, they are going to be more "aggressive" and "blunt" in telegraphing their presence to the Aussies.
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They're only doing what we do much more aggressively, so we shouldn't complain.
The Australians and Americans have already responded with an answer to a hypothetical question. China will have got the message.
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