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US to test new bombs in Australia
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 2004-11-05 |
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