China Is A No Fly Zone For The Australian Prime Minister

Uploaded on 2023-10-07 in FREE TO VIEW, GOVERNMENT-National, INTELLIGENCE-Hot Spots-China

The Australian PM Anthony Albanese’s booked trip to Beijing have been cancelled following security advice because his RAAF jet it could be hacked by Chinese spies. 

Albanese will use an alternative option when he travels to China later this year after these security concerns were raised about the RAAF plane that he presently uses for international trips. Other options being considered, includeone or more of the RAAF's smaller planes, or flying Mr Albanese to a another country, before switching planes for the final leg to Beijing.

The KC-30A air-to-air refueler which the Prime Minister usually uses for international flights is a working military aircraft, albeit, with a number of modifications. As a military plane, it also has advanced communications and navigation systems, in addition to electronic self-¬protection capabilities designed to protect against surface-to-air missile attacks.

The sensitive nature of many of the plane's capabilities is likely driving concerns from Defence, with the aircraft's security on the tarmac in Beijing presenting "risks" according to shadow home affairs minister James Paterson.

In 2017, a team of United States government and industry personnel demonstrated it was possible to hack a commercial plane remotely. While the RAAF systems are more secure, it is in theory possible the same methods could be applied to the Prime Minister's plane.There is also the risk of more direct interference with the aircraft, such as the planting of bugs or other monitoring devices.

Albanese will travel next to the Philippines, the first bilateral visit by an Australian leader in 20 years, after a period of renewed tension between the Philippines and China in waters they both claim in the South China Sea.

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