Does the apparent lacklustre concern from the Department of Defence about the below story exist because the DoD regards terrorist attacks on Australian military bases as highly unlikely?
The Northern Territory News :
Terrorists can get a detailed birds-eye view of every Defence facility in the Northern Territory from the comfort of home.
...high-quality satellite images of all the NT bases - including Robertson Barracks which is home to about 3000 soldiers - have been published on Google Earth.
And Defence is not concerned.
"The ADF does not comment on details of security but is aware of the capabilities of imaging devices and takes appropriate measures to manage the threat," it said.
The Northern Territory News then helpfully lists major Defence bases that are on display, online, so terrorists don't have to spend time Google-Earthing.
The NTN also points out that :
They're right. It is :...even the joint Australia-US Pine Gap military base near Alice Springs is on show.
That's surprising.
Unless the American military and spy agencies, like the Australians, regard the chances of terrorists even attempting to mount air or ground attacks on Pine Gap as very unlikely indeed.
