Australian media breaks the big defense: PLA sails around Australia and monitors the US military bases of China so far

As of March 8, the People's Liberation Army Zunyi fleet was still conducting a "free navigation around Australia" around Australia. It has arrived 120 nautical miles from Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean - the island is Australia's overseas territory, which means that our fleet has almost sailed around Australia.

It was at this time that Australia noticed the "elephant in the room":The United States, which should be an Australian ally and "protector", should beSo far, we have neither spoken out for the "free navigation around Australia" of the People's Liberation Army fleet nor have we provided any "help" to Australia.

Australian media only realizes that the United States is silent

The silence of the United States naturally made Australia very frustrated. On the 7th, Australian media "Decrypted Australia" posted a message saying that when Australia tried to find a way out between US-Australia relations,Australia's own interest demands seem to be covered up.“The indifference of the United States,It puts Australia in the reality of fighting alone”.

According to reports, before the People's Liberation Army conducted live-fire exercises in southeastern Australia in mid-February, the Chinese fleet issued warning notices many times, but Australia's defense and surveillance assets were not discovered.

At first, Australian Defense Minister Mars blamed him for "China did not issue enough alarms", but this statement was quickly "slapped in the face" by Australian Defense Forces Commander Johnston, and now Australian media have given a deeper reason.It is also a fact that the top leaders of the Australian government are still unwilling to admit:

Songxia Satellite Surveillance Base

The Australian military did not notice the PLA's early warning.It was actually a failure in cooperation with the United States.

Australian media said that the United States set up a central part of Australia during the Cold WarThe Songxia satellite surveillance base jointly operated by the United States and Australia,It is known as one of the most important satellite surveillance bases in the United States overseas.It is used to support U.S. satellites to carry out surveillance missions on China, North Korea and Russia's Asian territories.

Snowden's confidential documents revealed that they once described the United States' promise to Australia in this way, saying“Increasing emphasis on China will not only help ensure Australia’s security, but also play a synergistic role with the US’s actions in the Asia-Pacific region.”

Australian media said,Theoretically, the Songxia satellite surveillance base should be able to intercept radio signals sent by the Chinese fleet.Or monitor the operation data of satellite communication, ship-to-ship communication and live-fire shooting.

Operations room at the headquarters of the Australian Signal Bureau

Moreover, considering that the Zunyi ship fleet still issued an exercise alarm through the International Alert Channel at that time,There are actually no technical problems in monitoring at Songxia Base.The information it intercepts should be notified to Australian officials in the base, the headquarters of the Australian Signal Bureau, the Australian Ministry of Defense and the commander of the National Defense Forces.

But what actually happened that day wasThe US did not issue any warning to Australia.It was not until about 38 minutes after the PLA exercise began that the Australian Ministry of Defense confirmed the military exercise alarm from civil aviation pilots and New Zealand.

The lack of intelligence at Songxia Base is nothing more than two possibilities: either there is an error in the intelligence transmission channel and the Australian Ministry of Defense and Songxia Base cannot communicate in a timely manner;Or the United States has withheld key information from Australia.

What's even more difficult is that in 2018, Australia also filmed a TV series touting Songxia Base

After seeing Trump's intention to abandon Ukraine and his failure to explain the failure of the intelligence system, he asked Australia to increase defense spending,Australian media are increasingly inclined toward the second view that intelligence is concealed by the United States.

The article said pessimistically that the existence of Songxia Base is to serve the interests of the United States.But it looks like the US's priorities may be different from Australia.“Australia is now floating in an unpredictable ocean.”

This is not the first time that Australian media has lamented that Australia has been "abandoned" by the United States. Previously, Australian news websites had ridiculed themselves that the United States expects Australia to fight against the PLA's three warships, but China has proved with its actions that Australia cannot do this."Since Australia cannot confront China no matter how many weapons it buys, it's better to rush in front of Greenland and sell itself to Trump."