Goodbye, spy-in-the-sky

Article Abstract:

This article examines the US-Australian Joint Defense Facility at Nurrungar, South Australia, and plans to transfer its satellite-monitoring and other operations to Pine Gap, another defense facility in Australia. Relevant details include Nurrungar's involvement in the Defense Support Program to detect missile launches directed against the US, the site's importance in the US World-Wide Military Command and Control System, its controversial involvement in the Strategic Defense Initiative "Star Wars" anti-missile program and in the US effort to improve its ability to fight a nuclear war.

United States, Planning, International aspects, Military aspects, United States foreign relations, South Australia, Nuclear warfare, Reconnaissance satellites, Australian foreign relations, Armed forces in foreign countries, American

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Out of the valley of death

Article Abstract:

The Guy Fawkes brumbies, the descendents of Australia's World War I cavalry horse, the Waler, are being threatened as the New South Wales National Service and Wildlife Service agents are beginning to kill them. New England horseman, Graeme Baldwin, and other local horse enthusiasts have formed the Guy Fawkes Heritage Association, which aims to preserve the bloodlines of the brumbies, because of the history of the horses and their strong links with Australia's past.

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Thin edge of the wedge

Article Abstract:

This article describes the endangered Australian wedge-tailed eagle, many of which are being killed on the nation's roads after they land to feed on roadkill. Relevant details include the decline in the numbers of rabbits.

Environmental aspects, Natural history, Roadkills, Roadkill, Eagles

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