[LINK] Missile Defence

[Chirgwin, Richard]

Howard asks:
> BTW, what happened to Jindalee?

Seems to still exist, but with less noise about it these days. The last time
DSTO got excited about it was a couple of years ago ... perhaps it's good
news that Jindallee doesn't get media attention since most of it was
less-than-favourable.

Found some references on the DSTO site, but Jindalee is no longer "news".

RC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Lowndes [mailto:lannet@lannet.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, 28 February 2003 10:46
> To: Bernard Robertson-Dunn
> Cc: Link
> Subject: Re: [LINK] Missile Defence
> 
> 
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> 
> > At the risk of going off topic again, has anyone seen any sort of
> > description of the proposed missile defence shield that the 
> PM thinks we
> > should investigate?
> > 
> > I would have thought that a simple, back of an envelope 
> calculation would
> > have easily shown that, in the Australian environment, such 
> a system is
> > totally unsuitable.
> > 
> > Putting my defence engineer hat on, questions that come to mind are:
> > 
> > For countries that might possibly be a threat, what range are their
> > missiles?
> > 
> > Can we protect against mobile missiles - eg ship borne 
> missiles that might
> > come at us from any direction?
> > 
> > Which cities are threatened?
> > 
> > Assuming that missiles with unlimited range are developed - 
> which cities
> > would we want to protect? How would the other cities/states 
> (probably most
> > of SA, WA, TAS and NT) feel about paying for a system that 
> didn't protect
> > them? 
> > 
> > Where would we put radar stations, how many, how would we staff them
> > (assuming that they were somewhere useful, ie well forward of the
> > south-eastern cities?
> 
> 
> BTW, what happened to Jindalee?
> 
> 
> > 
> > Where would we put missile silos, how many, how would we 
> staff them (see
> > above)?
> > 
> > What is a rough estimate of the cost? - how does it compare 
> with other
> > forms of defence? Would it have stopped the attack on Bali?
> > 
> > etc etc.
> > 
> > This is actually quite relevant to Link. The way the 
> current government is
> > going about handling this technology issue shows that they are more
> > concerned about politics than reality and about staying in 
> power rather
> > than looking after the interests of the people they are supposed to
> > represent.
> > 
> > If we could find a way of using the internet to ensure the 
> government gets
> > re-elected, then money would come pouring our way. But then 
> again, would we
> > want such an outcome? 
> > 
> > --
> > A billion here and a billion there, and soon you're talking about
> > real money. 
> > -- Everett McKinley Dirksen 
> >  
> > Regards
> > brd
> > 
> > Bernard Robertson-Dunn
> > Canberra Australia
> > brd@austarmetro.com.au
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> > 
> 
> -- 
> Howard.
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