![]() ![]() **If you have any websites or ideas that you feel would improve the NCtrails community, do not hesitate to message /u/aColdHeartedBitch. Western North Carolina - Welcome to the Land of the Sky! Come share news, stories, photos, questions, etc. R/appalachiantrail - a community of backpackers who want to, are, or have taken on the Appalachian TrailĬarolina Mountain Club - An organization dedicated to keeping the trails we all love to hike clean and natural, as well as helping you meet new groups of friends to hike with. R/backpacking - A sub-reddit dedicated to all things having to do with backpacking including: advice, gear recommendations, meet-ups, pictures, etc.Ī sub dedicated to events such as Kayaking, hiking and mountain biking the trails of the Uwharrie Mountain region of NC. The recipient of the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel will be announced Monday, Oct. This years Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Claudia Goldin, an American economic historian, for her work on womens employment and pay. At top: Reporter Angus Grigg with Ms Finnane.NCTrails is a sub-reddit dedicated to the NC hiking and backpacking community for help with finding good trails, friends to hike with, new experiences, and to just enjoy the outdoor hiking adventures. Speaking with reporter Angus Grigg at a hill overlooking the base Ms Finnane said: “I lived here for almost three decades before I took myself to the treks to a vantage point where you see it in the landscape.”Īsked would it be possible to get closer she said: “You are potentially facing seven years in gaol.” At top-secret U.S.-Australian joint defense facility Pine Gap, fissures appear in the critical alliance as spies work with - and against - one another. “That the base is out of sight, out of mind really does help to keep it out people’s consciousness most of the time, and so questions around it don’t have to be dealt with.” “It’s been described as a midlife upgrade for the old girl. Ms Finnane said: “We know from information around town that there is a big infrastructure expansion at Pine Gap, and had that confirmed by authorities. Still operational today the base has gone through various expansions. ![]() ![]() In 1966 the Australian Government signed the Pine Gap Treaty and a joint US and Australian base was established in 1970 when 400 American families moved in. “Outside of America it is the most potent intelligence collection facility that America has anywhere.” This poster promotes a protest march to Pine Gap organised by the Campaign Against Foreign Military Bases. “The Russians, in any case, including the Soviet Union, in my experience for the last 40 years, have had Pine Gap as a very significant nuclear target. Paul Dibb, former head of Defence Intelligence who had a high level security clearance at Pine Gap for 30 years, and is an Emeritus Professor of strategic studies at Australian National University, said: “If it looked as though that crisis was going nuclear China may want to take out Pine Gap as being the ears and eyes of America’s capability to know precisely what nuclear capabilities and where and where not the Chinese have. The author of Peace Crimes, published by University of Queensland Press, Ms Finnane made the point that Pine Gap is feeding surveillance directly to military operations which makes it a military base. ![]() While roaming through land near to the Pine Gap facility, sudden activity in the grounds of the base would catch their attention. It revealed for the first time that nuclear-capable B-52 bombers will be stationed at Tindal RAAF base near Katherine.Īlice Springs News co-founder Kieran Finnane (pictured) appeared in the program. While returning from an all-night hunting trip, 1 at around 4:30 am in the early hours of 22 nd December 1989, three men would be witness to a surreal encounter. The program dealt with the growing risk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and what it means for Australia, analysing in particular the possible role of military installations in the Territory, including Pine Gap. Pine Gap is a joint United States-Australia military spy base located on Arrernte country near Alice Springs, Northern Territory. The issue was canvassed in last night’s Four Corners the flagship current affairs program of the ABC. The Pine Gap military base has been affirmed – yet again and as previously reported in these pages – as a nuclear target in the event of superpower hostilities.įor a long time the threat was from Russia now we must add China. ![]()
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