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http://defensetech.org/2012/03/28/a-new-indian-ocean-global-hawk-base/
Here's one more sign that we're serious about shifting resources to the Pacific region. The Pentagon is eyeing the Cocos Islands off the coast off northwest Australia (they're actually closer to Indonesia than Oz) as the next base for RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned spy planes. DoD officials are eying the tiny atoll as a relief valve for America's overcrowded secret base at Diego Garcia (smack in the center of the Indian Ocean. The Cocos Islands are also a lot closer to all the action in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Spyplanes operating out of Cocos can easily monitor vital shipping lanes nearby like the Strait of Malacca.
Remember, in the last year we've learned that U.S. Marines will be based in Darwin, northern Australia and that Littoral Combat Ships will be based in Singapore. Meanwhile, Washington and the Manilla are working on a plans for an increased American military presence in the Philippines.
Dont get too excited yet, though. Australian officials say any U.S. facility on the island is a long way off.
From Australia's ABC news:
Read more: http://defensetech.org/2012/03/28/a-new-indian-ocean-global-hawk-base/#ixzz25nNqs1Ph
Defense.org
Here's one more sign that we're serious about shifting resources to the Pacific region. The Pentagon is eyeing the Cocos Islands off the coast off northwest Australia (they're actually closer to Indonesia than Oz) as the next base for RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned spy planes. DoD officials are eying the tiny atoll as a relief valve for America's overcrowded secret base at Diego Garcia (smack in the center of the Indian Ocean. The Cocos Islands are also a lot closer to all the action in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Spyplanes operating out of Cocos can easily monitor vital shipping lanes nearby like the Strait of Malacca.
Remember, in the last year we've learned that U.S. Marines will be based in Darwin, northern Australia and that Littoral Combat Ships will be based in Singapore. Meanwhile, Washington and the Manilla are working on a plans for an increased American military presence in the Philippines.
Dont get too excited yet, though. Australian officials say any U.S. facility on the island is a long way off.
From Australia's ABC news:
Read more: http://defensetech.org/2012/03/28/a-new-indian-ocean-global-hawk-base/#ixzz25nNqs1Ph
Defense.org