A powerful Chinese flotilla that sailed through the Tasman Sea last year rattled Canberra and exposed Australia’s biggest vulnerability, a Navy chief and defence analyst have said.

Australia's Chief of Navy says China stirred "anger" in New Zealand when it sent a powerful naval flotilla into the Tasman Sea last year, encouraging political support on both…

A powerful Chinese flotilla that sailed through the Tasman Sea last year rattled Canberra and exposed Australia’s biggest vulnerability, a Navy chief and defence analyst have said.