As an ode to Australian and British foreign and defense officials meeting in Australia today to discuss stronger military ties, Australian news site NEWS.com.au has compiled a gallery of "top secret" Australian military sites as seen by Google Earth.
Previously aviation historians have discovered that the U.S. flew highly classified Global Hawk spy drone missions from a base in South Australia, but we've never seen such a comprehensive look at the secret installations where Australia does classified work and collaborates with other governments.
Campbell Barracks in Swanbourne has been the base of the Australian Special Air Service Australian Special Air Service (SAS) since it was established in 1957.
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Swan Island is believed to home to Australia Special Forces carrying out counterterrorism training and shared with the Secret Intelligence Service, but the Australian government doesn't talk about it.
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RAAF Scherger in Far North Queensland "is set up to house 1400 personnel and 40 aircraft if Australia ever gets into a shooting war with one of our northern neighbours," according to news.com.au
Source: http://www.news.com.au/
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