Australia will strengthen the international defense mission in the Strait of Hormuz and send a high-end Wedgetail E 7A aircraft. The goal is the safe return of commercial shipping.
Australia will join a defense mission led by France and Britain to ensure the resumption of commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Wednesday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
- Australia will join a defense mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
- The mission will be multinational, strictly defensive and led by Britain and France.
- The announcement of Australia’s participation followed a virtual summit of defense ministers.
- Representatives of more than forty participating countries participated in the virtual summit.
- Australia will send the Wedgetail E7A reconnaissance aircraft already operating in the region.
“Australia stands ready to support an independent and strictly defensive multinational military mission led by the United Kingdom and France,” the minister said in a statement.
Planned deployment of Wedgetail
Marles made the announcement after a virtual summit with defense ministers from more than 40 countries involved in the mission.
Australia will provide the mission with an E-7A Wedgetail reconnaissance aircraft, which is already operating in the region to protect the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Iranian drone attacks, Marles said.
