Three Chinese warships have been spotted in international waters off the coast of Australia’s largest city, Sydney, in a rare show of military might that will likely test diplomatic ties between Canberra and Beijing.

Sky News host Andrew Bolt questions what the Chinese warships are doing off the east coast of Australia. “I’ll go there, the three Chinese ships … they are sailing about 115 nautical miles east of Sydney,

Sailing in Australia’s exclusive economic zone, the three vessels were not breaking international law, but they were unusually far south on an undeclared mission.

Defence Minister Richard Marles said the vessels did not pose any threats but their presence was an ‘unusual event’.

The Australian Defence Force is monitoring three Chinese navy ships which are understood to be sailing east of Sydney.

Three Chinese military ships have been spotted just 150 nautical miles from Sydney after moving steadily down the east coast of Australia over recent days.

The Australian and New Zealand militaries are monitoring three Chinese warships that are moving unusually far south along Australia’s east coast on an unknown mission

Australia and New Zealand are monitoring a group of Chinese naval vessels spotted in international waters near Sydney, the countries’ defence ministers said on Thursday. Three Chinese vessels are traveling down the eastern coast of Australia,