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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 03, 1956
Page
7
Australia announces the Jindivik pilotless target plane remains unmatched in radio controlled performance. Minister Sir Eric Harrison shows photographs of detachable camera pods used to record missile test gaps. The craft, 19 ft wingspan, 23 ft length, is flown from a ground control point with a batsman guiding actions.
Australia advances its civil defence program by using data from upcoming Maralinga atomic tests this month. One device will be ground based to study impact on buildings and underground structures, with two devices on towers and one dropped from a Valiant bomber. Ground bursts delay radioactivity effects briefly, hindering early civil defence work and repairs.
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