Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that three Australian defence personnel were on board a United States submarine that sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo in the Indian Ocean, but stressed they did not take part in the attack. The strike, which occured off the southern coast of Sri Lanka this week, marked the first time since World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo. Sri Lankan authorities recovered the bodies of 87 sailors. * Albanese told Sky News the Australians were on board as part of training linked to the AUKUS defence pact between Australia, the U.S. and Britain, designed to help Australia acquire and build nuclear-powered submarines. * No Australian personnel have participated in any offensive action against Iran, Albanese said. * “These are long-standing third country arrangements that have been in place for a long period of time,” Albanese said. * Australia, a close U.S. ally, has ruled out a
Three Australians were aboard US submarine that sunk
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