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| US to test new bombs in Australia |
| 2004-11-05 |
| The United States is preparing to test new-generation weapons, including smart bombs, on Australian territory under an agreement currently under negotiation. Brisbane's Courier-Mail newspaper today revealed Canberra and Washington were currently hammering out a new defence training agreement which included multi-million upgrades to Queensland's Shoalwater Bay facility and the Northern Territory's Bradshaw training area and the Delamere Air Weapons Range. Former ANZUS treaty adviser Ross Babbage, who has just returned from defence briefings in the US, revealed that tactics and cutting-edge communications would also be tested under the proposals, bringing the two nations closer together. ------Snipped--duplicate from yesterday--- |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #4 OldSpook, Article talks of closer cooperation which might mean Aussie SAS practices calling in US air strikes. Maybe one of the laser designator teams will mistake Michael Moore for a clapped-out minivan being used as practice target. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-11-05 4:05:36 PM |
| #3 We know the Greens and other Lefties will try to protest. So what is the over/under for protestors getting lost and dying of exposure/dehydration in first year of testing? |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-11-05 4:00:18 PM |
| #2 Can we get Greenpeace to send Michael Moore as an observer... A very close-range observer? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-11-05 8:59:11 AM |
| #1 I'd prefer Fallujah and Iran |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-05 8:16:11 AM |