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A base for debate : the US satellite station at Nurrungar

Title
A base for debate : the US satellite station at Nurrungar / Desmond Ball.
Author
Ball, Desmond.
Publication
Sydney ; Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1987.

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Description
xiii, 122 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
The US maintains an installation in South Australia. This book provides the information necessary for an informed assessment of this installation so that Australian citizens will be able to judge for themselves the costs and benefits of hosting a facility whose operations are cloaked in secrecy.
Subject
  • Joint Defence Space Communication Station (Nurrungar, S.A.)
  • Ballistic missile early warning system > Australia > Nurrungar (S.A.)
  • Space surveillance > Australia > Nurrungar (S.A.)
  • Ballistic missile early warning system
  • Military relations
  • Space surveillance
  • Australia > Military relations > United States
  • United States > Military relations > Australia
  • Australia
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The DSP space segment -- THe DSP ground segment -- Australia's role in the DSP system -- Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0043550274
  • 9780043550274
LCCN
87070129
OCLC
  • ocm17823915
  • 17823915
  • SCSB-1705118
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library