Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
1996 Australia Special Weapons News
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- AUSTRALIA: COALITION FUNDING STAR WARS By Eric Chauvistre - AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW 28/10/96
- GOING BALLISTIC Australia joins the SDI Club BY ADAM INDIKT JOIN Review 21.18 - 11 November - 24 November 1996
- UN resolution a win for Downer By CRAIG SKEHAN Sydney Morning Herald - September 13, 1996
- COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALEXANDER DOWNER 11 SEPTEMBER 1996
- The islands haunted by blasts from the past By CRAIG SKEHAN Sydney Morning Herald - September 11, 1996
- Portillo cautious on the cruise missile question By CRAIG SKEHAN Sydney Morning Herald - September 10, 1996
- Regional arms sales fraught with danger By CRAIG SKEHAN Sydney Morning Herald - August 27, 1996 "The Federal Government will consider acquiring long-range, stand-off strike missiles, including the Tomahawk cruise missile, for the new Collins class submarine... Critics have raised the danger of neighbouring nations seeking such weapons if Australia was to buy them."
- Strike missiles for new submarines on official agenda By CRAIG SKEHAN Sydney Morning Herald - August 27, 1996
- URANIUM EXPORTS TO TAIWAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALEXANDER DOWNER 16 AUGUST 1996
- The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was
established as an independent commission by the Australian Government to propose practical steps towards a nuclear weapon free world including the related problem of maintaining stability and security during the transitional period and after this goal is achieved. [14 August 1996]
- Chinese Nuclear Test Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer (29 July 1996)
- Massive new war games with US By CRAIG SKEHAN Sydney Morning Herald - July 27, 1996 "The Federal Government also announced yesterday that the international spying capability of Pine Gap, near Alice Springs, would be improved and its lease to the US extended for 10 years from 1998. Australia also agreed "in principle" to a US request to establish a relay ground station for its space-based ballistic missile early warning program because of the planned closure of the Nurrungar joint facility in South Australia in 2000."
- Japan wary as China builds military might By RUSSELL SKELTON, Sydney Morning Herald - July 22, 1996
- International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer (8 July 1996)
- $90m super spies to beef up security By RUSSELL SKELTON, Sydney Morning Herald - 24 May 1996
- Bhutto warns of nuclear danger By MARK BAKER, Sydney Morning Herald - 23 May 1996
- Dole plans missile system for Asia By PILITA CLARK Sydney Morning Herald - 11 May 1996
- Korean enigma Sydney Morning Herald - April 10, 1996
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