US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta, Minister for Defence Stephen Smith, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Bob Carr in Perth this week. Picture: Colin Murty Source: AFP
AUSTRALIA will host two US space surveillance systems as part of closer military ties agreed to Wednesday at a bilateral security summit.
The new cooperation on space is one of a string of enhanced engagements agreed on at an annual summit in Perth attended by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and their Australian counterparts, Foreign Minister Bob Carr and Defence Minister Stephen Smith.
The two militaries have agreed that Australia will operate a US Air Force C-band ground-based radar system near the northwestern town of Exmouth.
Mr Smith announced they also plan to relocate a Space Surveillance Telescope from New Mexico to an as-yet undecided location in Western Australia.
Mr Panetta described the relocation as "a major leap forward in bilateral space cooperation."
"The important steps we've agreed to here in Perth to increase cooperation between our two nations will do much to ensure that this very strong alliance remains an instrument of peace and prosperity for Americans, for Australians and for all people who reside in this important region of the world," he said.
Mrs Clinton said the US-Australian diplomatic, economic and security relationships are inseparable, adding that the alliance "is an anchor of peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific and around the world, forged in war, but flourishing in peace."
Together the radar and telescope will provide accurate tracking and identification of objects in space such as satellites and debris.
The radar will be delivered in 2014 at the site of a former US Navy communications base.
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