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Re: Alice Springs to Darwin line, but wait, there is more.!



David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Lineman (sproul@dcsi.NOSPAMnet.au) wrote:
> > Has any one raised the point in this thread that enemy action can easily
put
> > a railway line out of action,over and over again for as long as the
enemy
> > has missiles,just ask Slobadan.
>
> Indonesia doesn't have anything like that. They'd have to drop things from
> their Falcons or SKyhawks, and I think the F/A-18s at Tindal wouldn't let
> them get anywhere near the coast.

Not to mention the new AWACS (based on Boeing 737-700's) we are getting.

DaveP