Australia To Host U.S. Space Radar and Telescope.

from ap-perspective.blogspot.com: Australia will host two United States space surveillance systems as part of closer military ties agreed to at a bilateral security summit yesterday.

The new co-operation on space was one in a string of enhanced engagements agreed on at an annual summit attended by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta and their Australian counterparts.

The two militaries have agreed that Australia will operate a US Air Force C-band ground-based radar system near the north-west town of Exmouth.

Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith announced that they also plan to relocate a Space Surveillance Telescope from New Mexico to an as-yet undecided location in Western Australia.

Mr Panetta described the relocation as "a major leap forward in bilateral space co-operation".

Together, the radar and telescope will provide accurate tracking and identification of objects in space such as satellites and debris. The radar will be delivered in 2014 at the site of a former US Navy communications base.

In a statement released yesterday, after Mrs Clinton and Mr Panetta met Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and Mr Smith, the US and Australia also agreed to hold joint military exercises with Japan and to boost defense relations with China. The ministers also called on China to increase military transparency, according to the statement.

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On Tuesday, Mrs Clinton encouraged Australia to increase its military ties with India, but added that America also supports the peaceful rise of Asian economic powerhouse China.

She said that the US had made a strategic priority of supporting India in playing a larger role in Asian affairs.

"It's also important to see the burgeoning relationship between Australia and India," she said. "We would welcome joint Australia-Indian naval vessel exercises in the future."

The US also supports a peaceful and open China, she added.

The US and Australia also want to increase US military access to the Australian navy base south of Perth and to bombing ranges in the northern Outback as part of the shift of US might to the Asia-Pacific region.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the summit will discuss medium-term plans for co-operation on military aviation as well as warships.

Clinton Wants New Drones To Hunt Kony

from infowars.com: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Friday, endorsed the advancement of drone surveillance technology to aid the US in capturing fabled enemy Joseph Kony.

Clinton was in Uganda speaking to president Yoweri Museveni and surveying the current use of US drones being used by the Ugandan military in Somalia to reportedly fight al-Qaida-linked militants.

“Now we have to figure out how we can see through thick vegetation to find Joseph Kony,” she said speaking openly about the US’s need to improve drone surveillance capabilities.

The Secretary is riding the wave caused by the controversial “Kony 2012” documentary released in March 2012 that to date has more than 92 million views.

The film, which was created in order to spur widespread outrage and garner support for an invasion of Africa, depicted Kony as a ruthless African warlord that would kidnap children, butcher victims, and take women as sex slaves.


“We have to figure out how to work with all the countries where he and his criminal bands are perhaps hiding. We have to put our heads together to find out what additional equipment and support you need to lead this effort to rid the world of this terrible man and his criminal behavior,” Clinton said.

Although most Ugandans have more of a problem with the now 30-year dictatorship of president Museveni than the infamous Kony, Clinton continues to beat the war drums to muster support for an invasion.

Apart from the obvious attempt to keep the military industrial machine churning and distracting from genuine events, the Kony 2012 documentary was funded indirectly by the CIA through the film’s producer Invisible Children’s connections to USAID.

Furthermore, it is widely believed that Kony hasn’t even been in Uganda for six years, he no longer holds any influence in the region, and is presumed dead.

Today Clinton is also receiving backlash from China who she indirectly accused of exploiting Africa’s resources. The official Xinhua news agency said Clinton’s “cheap shots” attempted to “drive a wedge between China and Africa for the US’ selfish gain.”

Noel Sharkey, professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Sheffield and who has previously appeared on the Alex Jones Show, expressed his fear that drones will start “the industrial revolution of war” in a piece penned in Friday’s Guardian.

He states today’s drones are “like the Wright brothers" prototypes compared to what’s coming next. "Here is where the real danger resides: automated killing as the final step in the industrial revolution of war – a clean factory of slaughter with no physical blood on our hands and none of our own side killed,” Sharkey wrote.

If Clinton has it her way, drone surveillance technology will surely be not only powerful enough to see through “thick vegetation,” but will likely be strong enough to penetrate rooftops and invade privacy.