A Royal Australian Air Drive P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol plane and its crew has been deployed to Japan underneath Operation Argos.
Working from Kadena Air Base, the P-8A and its crew will undertake coordinated surveillance missions to discourage and disrupt unlawful maritime exercise by monitoring and recording ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned items at sea.
The plane is deployed to help the enforcement of United Nations Safety Council sanctions on North Korea.
Since 2006, the UNSC has handed almost a dozen resolutions imposing sanctions in opposition to North Korea for creating nuclear weapons and associated actions.
“Via Operation Argos, the Australian Defence Drive continues to play a significant position in sustaining peace and safety within the Indo-Pacific, working alongside our worldwide companions to implement UNSC sanctions,” in line with Chief of Joint Operations, Vice Admiral Justin Jones.
“Australia stays dedicated to implementing United Nations Safety Council sanctions in opposition to North Korea till it takes concrete steps in direction of denuclearisation.
“Our deployment reinforces Australia’s robust dedication to uphold worldwide legislation and help the rules-based world order.
The sanctions impact commerce and actions referring to weapons and navy gear, dual-use applied sciences, industrial equipment, uncommon earth metals and coal; and caps the import of oil and refined petroleum merchandise.
The Australian Defence Drive has enforced these sanctions via Operation Argos since 2018, utilizing a mixture of plane and ship deployments.
Sanction enforcement operations are additionally carried out by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, and United States.
“That is the sixteenth time Australia has deployed maritime patrol plane to implement these sanctions, with our most up-to-date P-8A deployment occurring in April this 12 months,” in line with RAAF No 11 Squadron Detachment Commander, Squadron Chief Tristan Hull.
“The P-8A Poseidon is an efficient platform for sanctions enforcement, in a position to loiter for lengthy durations and use a classy suite of sensors to watch and document maritime exercise.
“The crew is nicely educated and ready for the Operation Argos mission, and our deployment varieties a part of No 11 Squadron’s proud historical past of service within the Indo-Pacific area.”
