07 April 2006
Latest imagery from EXERCISE PACIFIC PROTECTOR 06
Exercise PACIFIC PROTECTOR 06 is the second Australian hosted international Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise, following the successful conduct of PACIFIC PROTECTOR 03 in the Coral Sea.
The Exercise will reaffirm Australia’s strong support for the PSI.
PACIFIC PROTECTOR 06 involved an air interception scenario, together with ground based activities, around Darwin.
The purpose of the exercise was to practice how Australian authorities would respond in a coordinated way to a proliferation incident, testing inter-agency and international procedures.
The Exercise further demonstrated the resolve of Australia and its international PSI partners to deter and prevent the illicit transfer of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and related materials.
Six PSI partner countries participated in the exercise. Twenty-six other countries were observers during the exercise with a view to increasing their understanding of, and support for, the PSI.
PACIFIC PROTECTOR 06 includes assets and/or personnel from a large range of Federal and Northern Territory agencies.
The live exercise activity was conducted at RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) Base Darwin.
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Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie (left), Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston (centre) and Commander eastern naval Area Sri Lanka, Rear Admiral Sunil Samaratunga (far right) observe the ground phase of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) air interdition exercise Pacific Protector 06 in Darwin.
(Date taken: 06 April 2006)
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Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie (left), Minister for Defence, Dr Brendan Nelson (third from left), and Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston (leaning forward) join observers from twenty-six other countries for the ground phase of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) air interdiction exercise Pacific Protector 06 in Darwin.
(Date taken: 06 April 2006)
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Two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 aircraft from 75 Squadron interdict and escort a New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 suspected of carrying illicit cargo of proliferation concern during Exercise Pacific Protector 06.
(Date taken: 06 April 2006)
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Two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 aircraft from 75 Squadron interdict and escort a New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 suspected of carrying illicit cargo of proliferation concern during Exercise Pacific Protector 06.
(Date taken: 06 April 2006)
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The Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston (left) with Rear Admiral Sunil Samaratunga (right), the Commander Eastern Naval Area Sri Lanka, observe the ground phase in Darwin of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) air interdiction exercise, Pacific Protector 06.
(Date taken: 06 April 2006)
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