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Australia volition deploy a subject surveillance craft to the Middle East and nonstop missiles to the United Arab Emirates, but volition not enactment troops on the crushed successful Iran, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026).
Australia’s military enactment would assistance the Gulf countries support themselves against unprovoked attacks from Iran, Mr. Albanese said, stressing Australia was “not a protagonist”.
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“Our engagement is purely defensive,” Mr. Albanese told reporters. “And it’s successful defence of Australians who are successful the portion arsenic good arsenic successful defence of our friends successful the United Arab Emirates.”
Mr. Albanese said Australia would deploy 1 of its Boeing-manufactured E-7A Wedgetail airborne aboriginal informing and power strategy craft for an archetypal 4 weeks to support the airspace supra the Gulf countries.
Advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles would beryllium provided to the United Arab Emirates, pursuing a telephone telephone with President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, helium added.
The warfare has efficaciously unopen the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for a 5th of planetary lipid and liquefied earthy gas, arsenic the struggle escalated.
Around 115,000 Australians were in the Middle East erstwhile the struggle began 11 days ago, and 2,600 Australians person present returned location by commercial flights arsenic respective Gulf cities came nether Iranian bombardment.
