China's ambassador to Australia said on Friday his country had no reason to apologise for the military drills it conducted in international waters between Australia and New Zealand that forced at ...

Adml Johnston said the Australian military did not conduct firings near civil aircraft or civil maritime routes. Defence secretary Greg Moriarty said he thought the Chinese were 'signalling'.

A Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet of the Royal Australian Air Force has successfully launched the Lockheed Martin AGM-158C ...

U.S. Marines and sailors have arrived in Australia’s Northern Territory to kick off the 14th annual rotation of the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) Marine Air-Ground Task Force announced ...

Defence officials ... their live weapons drill an hour and a half after it started, contradicting ­Anthony Albanese’s version of events. The Chief of the Defence Force, David Johnston, told ...

Australia's military was not notified before the Chinese navy started "irresponsible" live-fire drills in the Tasman ... and didn't inform the Australian Defence Force until about an hour after ...

A trio of Chinese warships lurking of Australia’s east coast conducted live fire drills last week. Picture: NewsWire / Australian Defence Force “It was in fact a Virgin Australia aircraft that ...

Commercial flights were forced to change course to avoid the Chinese live fire drills. Picture: FlightAware The Australian Defence Force revealed the three-vessel Chinese naval task group had ...

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A Virgin Australia pilot alerted Australian authorities about a live-fire drill by Chinese ... Chinese navy task force. "Australian defence were certainly ...

The pilot notified aviation officials who issued a hazard warning two minutes later, and by 10.10am, the Australian Defence Force was notified ... anti-ship naval gun fired repeated rounds ...