Pine Gap, the Cold War; when spies put Australia in nuclear crosshairs🕵️☣ | Spies in the Outback Ep2

In episode two: as the Cold War enters the 70s, it becomes clear that Pine Gap is really a spy base with eyes on the Soviets – and it’s putting Alice Springs in the nuclear cross-hairs. As Gough Whitlam’s political career is brought to his knees, protestors speak up and tensions flare in the town. Rumours swirl about just how far the US government will go to keep the secrets of Pine Gap, and a local anti-Pine Gap action group is prompted to take action. 📼 Next episode:    • Thousands protest Pine Gap to close U...   Full series:    • Pine Gap: Spies in the Outback | Expa...  

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When America promised to build a space base in outback Australia in the middle of the 1960s, few suspected it would put Australia in the nuclear cross-hairs in decades to come.

That space base, just 18 kilometres south of Alice Springs, would become known as Pine Gap - the most secretive intelligence facility in the country.

In season three of ABC’s Expanse, host and Alice Springs journalist Alex Barwick goes back to the beginning to find out what on earth is happening in her backyard.

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