Australia signs on to U.S. plan for missile defense shield

The Anchorage Daily News ^ | December 4, 2003 | Associated Press

[yonif]

CANBERRA, Australia (December 3, 8:34 p.m. AST) - Australia has agreed to participate in a U.S. program to build a defensive missile shield, the government announced Thursday. "We believe that taking part in the U.S. program will serve our strategic interest, help us defend Australia and allow us to make an important contribution to global and regional security," Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said in a statement.

[Arkinsaw]

Liberalism is fun until your crazy as a loon neighbor starts churning out warheads and missiles.