Top-level US visit to Pine Gap highlights Australia's role in war planning against China - World Socialist Web Site
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There's a part of the US-Australia alliance we rarely talk about — nuclear weapons — United States Studies Centre
The huge facility at Pine Gap, Australia is actually just a computer complex with a little more than 1,000 employees. It's kind of like a ground control station for satellites. Why is
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