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4 December 2003 |
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/04/1070351714331.html |
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Six years ago, four rockets blasted off from remote north-west Western Australia as part of Australia's contribution to what was the latest incarnation of the United States "star wars" program. It was called Project DUNDEE, a collaboration between the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and the US Ballistic Missile Defence Organisation (BMDO) to test whether the Jindalee over-the-horizon radar (JORN) could detect such launches. It could. This was probably the highest profile Australian contribution to the missile defence research program which has ticked along steadily for most of a decade. Australian involvement in US missile defence is not new, but it does seem likely to become much bigger following the government's decision to officially sign onto the US missile defence program. That will involve a memorandum of understanding by which Australia will cooperate with the US on research, particularly involving radar sensors.
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