Melbourne: The biggest war battle in Australia is expected to attract the attention of drill, exercise talisman, and Chinese spy ships.The talisman saber began in 2005 as a biennial joint exercise between the United States and Australia. This year, more than 35,000 military personnel from 19 countries, including Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga and United Kingdom, said for more than 35,000 military personnel for three weeks.Malaysia and Vietnam are also participating as observers.This exercise will also participate in the nearest neighbor Papua New Guinea, Australia. This is the first time talisman saber activities have been conducted outside Australia.Defense Industry Minister Pat Connoy said that Chinese surveillance ships have monitored naval exercises from the Australian coast during the last four talisman saber exercises and were expected to survey the current exercise.“The Chinese Army has observed these exercises since 2017. It would be very unusual for them not to inspect it,” Connoys told Australian Broadcasting Corp.“We will accommodate accordingly. We will clearly inspect their activities and monitor their presence around Australia, but we will also adjust how we conduct those exercises,” Connaroy said.Connaroy said that Chinese were not shaking ships until Sunday.The exercise officially began on Sunday with a ceremony in Sydney, with the head of the Deputy Commanding General of US Army Pacific Lieutenant General JB Wall and Australia’s Joint Operations Deputy ADM Justin Jones.The exercise, performing the Australian Raksha alliance with the United States, began a day after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanis, which began a six -day journey to China.Albani expects his fourth face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday.The Australian leader has been criticized at home to fail to secure a face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump.
