Deploying an RAAF Wedgetail to West Asia risks making Australia a co-belligerent in the US-Israel war against Iran while exposing the country to serious strategic and economic consequences.
Surprising no-one, the Prime Minister has announced the deployment of a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail and associated operational and logistic support capabilities to West Asia. As noted by the Air Force, the Wedgetail has the “ability to coordinate a joint air, sea and land battle in real time.”