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Sea state<\/strong><\/p>\n

German frigate FGS Bayern<\/em> joined<\/a> Japan\u2019s annual large-scale joint exercise alongside vessels from the Australian, Canadian and US navies, marking Germany\u2019s first exercise in the Indo-Pacific in two decades.<\/p>\n

During Australia\u2019s last maritime wargames with the US, Japan, Canada and New Zealand in August, Chinese surveillance ship Yuhengxing<\/em><\/a> transited through Australia\u2019s exclusive economic zone. Prime Minister Scott Morrison affirmed<\/a> China\u2019s \u2018right to operate\u2019 in Australia\u2019s EEZ \u2018just like we have every right to be in the South China Sea\u2019.<\/p>\n

The US Navy\u2019s new SSN(X) nuclear-powered attack submarines are being developed to have more stealth and speed, and to carry more torpedoes<\/a>, combining stealth technology from the Virginia class and the significant torpedo payload of the Seawolf class.<\/p>\n

If Australia leases US nuclear submarines<\/a> to avoid a capability gap before its SSNs arrive, it\u2019s likely they\u2019d be the Los Angeles class<\/a>. Australian submariners could then train on these nuclear-powered vessels before Australia\u2019s new submarines arrive. For its new fleet, Australia will likely choose<\/a> between the Royal Navy\u2019s Astute class and the US Navy\u2019s Virginias.<\/p>\n

Flight path<\/strong><\/p>\n

During a ceremony at RAAF Williamtown on Monday, the Royal Australian Air Force officially retired<\/a> its fleet of F\/A-18A and F\/A-18B \u2018Classic Hornet\u2019 fighter jets after more than 30 years of service<\/a>. Since entering service in 1984, RAAF Classic Hornets have flown more than 400,000 hours on thousands of missions and were a key part of Australia\u2019s defence capability supporting US-led operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. The Hornets will be replaced by the new F-35A stealth fighters next year.<\/p>\n

On 18 November, the Taiwanese military inducted the first of its upgraded F-16 Viper fighters and became the first country<\/a> to field combat-capable F16Vs. In a ceremony at Chiayi Air Base, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen commissioned 64 F-16Vs<\/a> into service and noted that the aircraft symbolised Taiwan\u2019s close relationship with the United States. The new military hardware comes as Taiwan faces an increasingly assertive China<\/a> conducting regular<\/a> flights<\/a> through Taiwan\u2019s air defence identification zone.<\/p>\n

Rapid fire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australia has deployed more than 100<\/a> federal police and defence force personnel to Solomon Islands as protests hit<\/a> the capital Honiara. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare invoked the 2017 Australia\u2013Solomon Islands bilateral security treaty<\/a> to request assistance in bringing the riots under control, with Australia dispatching 43 soldiers<\/a> from three Townsville-based brigades in response. Fiji and Papua New Guinea have also sent<\/a> 50 troops each. Patrol boat HMAS Armidale<\/em> has also been deployed and was set to arrive in Honiara<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n

The British Army is set to return to Germany in force, with plans to base a \u2018brigade-sized force\u2019 including armoured vehicles there as part of the largest force restructure in the past two decades<\/a>. The \u2018radical<\/a>\u2019 announcement represents a major U-turn after the UK last year ended its permanent military presence in Germany, which had been maintained since World War II. The new plan envisages Germany as one of three \u2018regional land hubs\u2019 for the army, alongside Oman and Kenya.<\/p>\n

Final frontier<\/strong><\/p>\n

NASA has partnered with SpaceX to launch<\/a> its new DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The DART spacecraft is on a \u2018first-of-its-kind mission<\/a>\u2019 to test the ability of kinetic force to change an asteroid\u2019s trajectory and defend the earth from potentially hazardous collisions. DART will now travel nearly 10 million kilometres and slam into an asteroid called Dimorphos<\/a> next year\u2014at more than 24,000 kilometres per hour. Even a small change to the asteroid\u2019s course and speed is expected to have a great impact over time.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Prichal (\u2018pier\u2019) nodal module successfully docked<\/a> with the International Space Station on 26 November, and is likely to be the final Russian ISS element<\/a>. Prichal and its six docking ports were envisaged as allowing further expansion of the Russian segment; however, the Russian space agency has cancelled plans for further modules, viewing the ISS as unviable past 2025<\/a>. The first spacecraft set to dock with Prichal\u2014a Soyuz MS-21\u2014is scheduled for March next year with a crew of three cosmonauts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wired watchtower<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Australian government is set to release<\/a> draft legislation mandating that social media companies collect user details to allow courts to identify users and aid defamation cases. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the \u2018online world shouldn’t be a wild west, where bots and bigots and trolls and others can anonymously go around and harm people\u2019. While it\u2019s not clear what data companies will be required to collect, experts contend<\/a> that the legislation\u2019s focus on defamation won\u2019t do enough to combat cyberbullying unless it also stipulates a duty of care to consumers.<\/p>\n

Surveillance research firm IPVM has alleged<\/a> that the Chinese province of Henan has commissioned 3,000 facial recognition cameras to monitor journalists and international students. The \u00a55 million ($1.1 million) contract was awarded to Neusoft in September, and more than 2,000 security officials will operate the cameras that categorise people in a traffic-light-style system in order of increasing risk. Human Rights Watch\u2019s China director Sophie Richardson says<\/a> the \u2018goal is chilling, ensuring that everyone knows they can and will be monitored\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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