WTF? Australia?
Australia, U.S. to Work Together on Missile Defense
Tue Jul 6, 2004 06:26 PM ET
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday defended plans to help the United States develop a costly and controversial missile defense system, although it faces no current threat from ballistic missiles.
"From an Australian perspective, we are looking well into the future. We don't have any threat against us from ballistic missiles at this time. But the day might come when we have," Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill told reporters.
He spoke during a visit to U.N. headquarters before going to Washington on Wednesday to sign a memorandum of understanding committing Australia to work with its U.S. ally on research over the next 25 years on missile defense systems.
