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Re: Fwd: NEWS - NSW Army equipment stolen
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Baker)
Thu Jan 7 05:49:04 1999
In-Reply-To: <199901070811.DAA06651@cti06.citenet.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:21:03 +1000
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Matt Baker <mattsb@ozemail.com.au>
Reply-To: Matt Baker <mattsb@ozemail.com.au>
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>The Advertiser
>Adelaide 7/1/99
>
>Crime fears after army gear stolen
>
>A $1 million haul of sensitive army equipment could end up in the hands
>of criminals, the Opposition warned yesterday.
>
>Equipment including night vision goggles, vehicles and a virtual reality
>simulator were stolen from the Parachute Training School at Nowra, in
>NSW, last week........
>the theft comes just two months after it was revealed that hundreds of
>high-powered assault rifle and rocket lanuchers had been stolen from
>army bases in NSW.
>
Actually, it was mainly high tech parachuting equipment, it was a Naval Air
Base, and the value ranges from $80,000 Australian to about $500,000 Aust
depending on where you read it.
Muttley | mattsb@ozemail.com.au
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