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4 days agoUp to 12 miles (22km~) from the coastline it’s considered “Territorial Sea” according to what I saw on wikipedia. Where full national sovereignty applies, similar to land territory.
Essentially equivalent to driving a tank through an Aussie street
And that would be the “Contiguous Zone” up to 44km (from the coastline) in which they have limited jurisdiction but it’s still Austrialian territory.
Edit: true… hahaha I found one of those pages to remove paywalls. So the title is clickbait :( https://archive.is/20260211071807/https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/chinese-warships-came-within-10km-of-australian-waters-defence-20260211-p5o1h4