A Canadian military aircraft was deployed to Japan on April 6 to assist in countering North Korea’s illicit maritime activities that are banned under the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions.
Canada’s defense ministry said the aircraft will monitor for “suspected maritime sanctions evasion activities, in particular ship-to-ship transfers of fuel and other commodities banned by the UNSC” for six weeks.
The CP-140 Aurora aircraft consists of 40 personnel. It is a long-range patrol aircraft with a range of 4,598 miles and is equipped with advanced sensors, according to the ministry.
Canadia also deployed the Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal and the CH-148 cyclone helicopter to support the monitoring mission and the country’s ongoing naval forward presence operation in the Indo-Pacific….