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Labor slates missile defence A Labor government would review any Australian role in the United States National Missile Defence system, Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Laurie Brereton pledged yesterday.
This is despite the fact that Labor allowed Australian bases to be used for early warning of Scud missile launches during the 1991 Gulf War.
Mr Brereton said the nuclear missile defence system had the potential to severely damage world prospects for disarmament. He said the Government should come clean on its involvement in NMD and its implications for Australian security.
"We believe that national missile defences are a thoroughly unhelpful development. Labor in office would very closely review any involvement by Australia," he told reporters.
Visiting American Defence Secretary William Cohen yesterday foreshadowed a possible Australian role in NMD, although no decision has yet been made to proceed with the expensive and problem-plagued system.
"Australia plays an important role in early warning and . . . we would expect and hope that that would continue into the future if there is an NMD," he said.
Defence Minister John Moore said Australia would wait to be asked.
"We'll wait till a proposition comes to us from the American Government," he said.
Any proposal for Australian involvement in NMD would involve use of the joint Australia-US defence base at Pine Gap outside Alice Springs.
This serves as a ground station for US Defence Support Program early warning satellites, replacing the older facility at Nurrungar.
After the 1991 Gulf War, Labor proclaimed the use of Nurrungar for its role in detecting launch of Iraqi Scud missiles, allowing early warning to coalition forces and civilian populations. That would also have facilitated coalition retaliation against Scud launching sites.
"I trust that the important role played by the joint defence facility Nurrungar in the Gulf War will further enhance public appreciation of its significance for maintaining peace and stability, both globally and regionally," then Labor defence minister Robert Ray said in November 1991.
Mr Cohen and Mr Moore signed yesterday an agreement for enhanced cooperation on defence equipment and industry, which will have important implications for the Collins submarines.
Mr Moore said the agreement provided extensive access to US technology needed to bring the trouble-plagued Collins boats into operational service. "There's been months of negotiations with the [US] State Department and the Pentagon to make sure that this agreement gives us the access to the required levels of technology," he said.
Mr Cohen endorsed an increase in Australian defence spending. "It should increase its defence spending according to what it perceives to be its needs," he said.
"I believe it's important, as your prime minister and defence minister have pointed out that there needs to be an increase in the future.
"But that's up to the Australian people and the leadership to determine," he said. - AAP
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http://www.canberratimes.com.au/
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