The part-time Wallabies in Atalanta in 2010?
(B2) The information is not a hoax. There are really very serious discussions for Australia to participate in the European anti-piracy operation Atalanta. But the practical arrangements are still to be refined... The Australians would have offered to provide a frigate for the year, but on a part-time basis. It could be a few days a month under the European flag and a few other days under the CTF flag (as currently). This is not without posing serious problems, both command and legal. What about pirates, for example, arrested in a framework... If this kind of difficulty can be resolved quite easily when it comes to an EU ship - we know, in fact, that ships regularly return to their national flag or move from one flag to another - it is more difficult for a non-EU member state.
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