United States Military Interest in New Zealand Cable
August 22nd, 2013
Via: Stuff:
The United States Defence Department could help pay for a new cable linking New Zealand, Australia, the United States and several Pacific Islands, an Auckland source says.
He said the department had an interest in spending about US$100 million (NZ$120m) to directly or indirectly acquire a pair of optical fibres between the US, Australia and American Samoa to link its defence bases.
The interest has not been confirmed by the US Government or the Hawaiki company, which have been approached for comment.
The US said in 2011 that it would build a permanent base for thousands of US Marines in Darwin.
The Australian Government said in June that the number of Marines at the base would rise from between 200 and 250 to 1150 next year. By 2016, it would support a 2500-strong Marine Air Ground Task Force.
If interest in a fibre link translated into a contract, that could be a big boost for Hawaiki Cable, a New Zealand-based venture headed by former Alcatel-Lucent chief executive Remi Galasso, the source said.
LOL at that picture! Come on, Kevin, you didn’t REALLY think you could escape….
Nope, there’s no out. Standing on empty beaches, eating clean food, etc. it’s easy to think that one isn’t on the Death Star. But it’s the Death Star.
Yep, I’m dining on Fukashima spiced clams, salmon and perhaps moose if one wanders through the yard. Meanwhile, all of my access to the web is via cell phone. It’s like living in a glass house.