AUSTRALIA'S secret Jindalee radar network, capable of "seeing" over the horizon, is a key link in a new anti-ballistic missile shield that will protect much of the globe.
The missile defence system, designed to protect America and its allies from missiles launched by "rogue states", will integrate defensive missile systems on land and at sea with spy satellites and the navy's new generation air warfare destroyers. The warships are still to be built and are scheduled to be operating by 2013 to 2015.
US scientists who have examined the Australian-invented Jindalee system, which operates across Australia's northern frontier, were impressed by its range and capability and confirmed that it could detect a missile launch far away in Asia.
Officials from US aircraft and weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin told The Age the Australian system, officially known as Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN), would be a highly effective part of the global missile defence shield being developed by the US.
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