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Operation Argos is the Australian Defence Force's contribution to the international effort to enforce United Nations'
sanctions against North Korea A number of countries and international bodies have imposed sanctions against North Korea. Currently, many sanctions are concerned with North Korea's nuclear weapons program and were imposed after its first nuclear test in 2006. The United Sta ...
. The operation began in 2018, and is ongoing as of 2021. The Australian effort is focused on detecting ship to ship transfers of contraband goods. It involves periodic deployments of aircraft and warships. The international effort involves Australia, Canada, France, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. It is coordinated by the
United States Seventh Fleet The Seventh Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It is headquartered at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the United States Pacific Fleet. At present, it is the largest of ...
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Deployments

As of October 2022, there had been eight deployments of
Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the principal naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AM, RAN. CN is also jointly responsible to the Minister of ...
warships and ten deployments of
Royal Australian Air Force "Through Adversity to the Stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = RAAF Anniversary Commemoration ...
maritime patrol aircraft to Operation Argos. Deployments have included: *A RAAF
P-8 Poseidon The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is an American maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft developed and produced by Boeing Defense, Space & Security, and derived from the civilian Boeing 737-800. It was developed for the United States Navy (USN). ...
to Japan in May 2018 *Two RAAF AP-3C Orions to North Asia in September 2018 * in September 2018 *A RAAF P-8 Poseidon to
Kadena Air Base (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a highly strategic United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is often referred to as the "Keystone of the Pacific" because of its high ...
in December 2018 * in late 2019 *A RAAF P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base in February 2020 *A RAAF P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base in September 2020 * in November 2020 *A RAAF P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base from late February to late March 2021 * in May 2021 *A RAAF P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base from August 2021 * in October 2021 *HMAS ''Parramatta'' in mid-2022 *HMAS ''Arunta'' in October 2022


References

{{reflist Argos Sanctions against North Korea Australia–North Korea relations