Re: Alice-Darwin and East Timor

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Bill Miller <backtran@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Can a herc take a Leopard Tank? I doubt it.

A C5 can.

DaveP

> Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
> >In article <FXlE3.16215$1E2.118654@ozemail.com.au> "Ian McFadyen"
> <imcfadyen@ozemail.com.au> writes:
> >>From: "Ian McFadyen" <imcfadyen@ozemail.com.au>
> >>Subject: Re: Alice-Darwin and East Timor
> >>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:14:16 +1000
> >
> >>Very good point. One of the main reasons for developing rail connections
> to
> >>the far north is to enhance our responsiveness in military and other
> >>emergency situations. Rail is an essential tool for the rapid transport
of
> >>food, supplies, troops and in the case of attack or natural disaster,
> >>evacuation. Perhaps one good thing that might emerge from the current
> >>unpleasantness with Indonesia is a realisation that a rapid, heavy duty
> rail
> >>line from Darwin to the southern states needs to be completed sooner
> rather
> >>than later.
> >
> >>Ian McFadyen
> >
> >
> >I suggest that you all have a read of the Defence depts submission to the
> >AustralAsia Railway Consortium on the building of the AP - Darwin line.
> >Its available on the NCCs web site.
> >In essence it states that if there were to be such a railway built then
the
> >Defence Dept would use it as would any other commercial user if there was
> any
> >need to do so.
> >It also states that there is no specific defence need that would require
> the
> >railway to built in its own right.
> >For Rail to provide a quick easy method to transport anything to Darwin
> from
> >anywhere else, requires that there are sidings available at military
> >establishments where trains can be quickly loaded.
> >These days , its much faster to fly everything we need fo Darwin in
> Hercules
> >aircraft.
> >
> >MD
> >
>
>