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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australia to send military personnel to help protect Red Sea shipping but no warship

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Australia will send 11 military personnel to support a U.S.-led mission to protect cargo shipping in the Red Sea, but it won't send a warship or plane, the defense minister said Thursday.

Defense Minister Richard Marles said that Australia's military needs to keep focused on the Pacific region.

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