Re: Alice-Darwin and East Timor

["Tom Jones" <jonest@senet.com.au>]

Surely the reverse is applicable

The Alice-Darwin line wasn't required to win WW2.  Neither was it required
to deploy military forces to Timor.  So it's not required on military
grounds.

Tom

Ian McFadyen wrote in message news:FXlE3.16215
> 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.