Australia To Host Key US Space Surveillance Systems

Australia Agrees To Host Key US Space Surveillance Systems -- Voice of America

The United States has reached an agreement to station a powerful radar and space telescope in Australia, providing what U.S. officials say is a key ability to monitor the skies of the Asia-Pacific.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the agreement reached Wednesday at an annual security summit in Australia is a “major leap forward” and an “important new frontier” in the United States' rebalance to the Asia-Pacific.

The deal calls for a ground-based U.S. Air Force radar to be based in northwest Australia beginning in 2014. A Defense Department statement says it will help track “high-interest space launches in Asia.”

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