Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Why There's a CIA Base in the Center of Australia" video.

  1. I'm Australian and you are dead right. We know nothing that goes on there and when I mean nothing I mean nothing. Other than counting how many antennas we can see on Google Earth, which tells us squat about the activities, we get zero. When he said threatening signs what he didn't say (because he might no know) is that if I as an Australian citizen step across a certain line then there's an American security agent who's pretty much free to shoot me. No Australian has been shot, but even the craziest of the anti-war and anti-American protesters know not to test it. For most Australians its a love/hate thing. For those of us who understand its great for our security and we know that if anyone did try and mess with Australia directly (and its come close a couple of times) that America will protect its assets and Pine Gap is one of America's most valuable strategic assets. The downside of that is that its also a first strike nuclear target. If a real US-Soviet or US-China shooting war ever started then Pine Gap is a very high priority target and likely to be struck in the first few minutes of any conflict. I have pilots license and one of the really odd things is that Alice Springs Airport has this massive main runway for a town or city of its size. Its so the Americans can fly in their larger cargo jets to supply Pine Gap.
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