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SYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned on Friday that three Australian defence personnel had been on board a United States submarine that sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo within the Indian Ocean, however burdened they didn’t participate within the assault.
The strike, which occured off the southern coast of Sri Lanka this week, marked the primary time since World Conflict Two that america has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo. Sri Lankan authorities recovered the our bodies of 87 sailors.
* Albanese instructed Sky Information the Australians had been on board aspart of coaching linked to the AUKUS defence pact betweenAustralia, the U.S. and Britain, designed to assist Australiaacquire and construct nuclear-powered submarines. * No Australian personnel have participated in any offensiveaction towards Iran, Albanese mentioned. * “These are long-standing third nation preparations thathave been in place for an extended time period,” Albanese mentioned. * Australia, an in depth U.S. ally, has dominated out any militaryrole within the battle, however has mentioned it could assist effortsaimed at stopping Iran from growing a nuclear weapon. * The battle within the Center East escalated on Thursday,with with U.S. and Israeli jets hitting a number of areas acrossIran, whereas Gulf cities got here beneath renewed bombardment.
(Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; Enhancing by Michael Perry)
