Australia announced it will send a warship and a surveillance aircraft to the Horn of Africa as part of the international fight against piracy.The frigate HMAS Warramunga, presently patrolling in the Persian Gulf, will be attached periodically to a new combined taskforce established to combat pirate activity in shipping lanes off Somalia.
An Australian airforce AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, based in an unnamed Persian Gulf country, will also join the taskforce.
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Good that Australia is contributing to pirate prevention.
ReplyDeleteIt is a question/doubt as to what Australia's frigates have been meant to be doing in the Persian Gulf over the last few years. Their activities/achievements never get in the news - begging the question on whether the Gulf "mission" is merely friendly flag waving in support of the US.
Pete