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Australia's air force was not deterred by a "dangerous" interception by a Chinese fighter jet last month, with new details emerging that the RAAF deployed a second Poseidon aircraft to the South China Sea the day after the incident.

The former US army general says there has been "an alarming increase in the number of unsafe aerial intercepts and confrontations at sea by PLA aircraft and vessels".

Human error has been officially blamed for a dramatic incident in which a RAAF Super Hornet pilot and a weapons officer ejected from their aircraft during an aborted take-off.

A Chinese defence ministry spokesman says the Australian aircraft seriously threatened China's sovereignty and security, warning Australia to restrain its actions or "bear all the serious consequences".

Government says PLA J-16 forced Australian P-8 on routine surveillance into a dangerous manoeuvre over South China Sea

The Federal government says it will not be intimidated by the dangerous actions of a Chinese aircraft towards an Australian surveillance plane in the South China Sea last month.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised concerns with China over the interception of an Australian maritime surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea.

Maritime domain awareness and anti-submarine cooperation have emerged as priority areas in the region

The name Emu Field does not have the same resonance as Maralinga in Australian history. It is usually a footnote to the much larger atomic test site in South Australia. However, the weapons testing that took place in October 1953 at Emu Field, part of SA’s Woomera Prohibited Area, was…

More than 2,200 US military personnel will be deployed across northern Australia for a training exercise later this year, including at the RAAF Base Curtin in West Kimberley.

Anzac Day in Raymond Terrace will look different next year with the town's commemorative precinct set to undergo a major transformation.