![]() The facility has up to 9 underground levels The facility has an escape tunnel for the workers to evacuate in the event of nuclear attack The facility is built to withstand 3 simultaneous nuclear weapon strikes It is the number one nuclear target in Australia. Pine Gap is linked by a 1400 mile long tunnel to North West Cape (Submarine Station) and Submarines refuel at Pine Gap. The computer room at the base is also unbelievably large encompassing almost 5,600 square metres, so large in fact that the operators use headsets to communicate with each other, What the ET is that? Strange things at Pine Gap! ![]() ![]() The radomes that cover the large antenna array’s serve two purposes, one being to keep dust, sand and other foreign objects out of the delicate equipment, and two being to conceal the antenna’s position from enemy spy satellites. Pine Gap is one of the largest ground satellite stations in the world, at the present time the facility currently contains eight large radomes, an extremely large computer room and 20 or so service, support buildings. These satellites are under the control of the CIA and are currently all tuned into deep space! Pine Gap receives data from a number of secret SIGINT satellites, most notably from the satellite’s that were manufactured under extreme secrecy by TRW Space Systems at Redondo Beach, California. The SIGINT gathering station at Pine Gap near Alice Springs is quite possibly one of the most secretive satellite ground stations in the world, and is one of the largest. The remainder being Australians except, according to a Source, are a very small number who are British employees. ![]() Of the people who work there it is said that only about half are U.S. It is said that approximately 1800 people are employed at the facility making it the largest single employer in Central Australia. Hatt Road was named after Edwin Hatt who was the Australian man who designed the Pine Gap facility. It is located at the end of Hatt Road on the South Stuart Highway near the Roe Creek crossing. It is wrapped up in secrecy as are most defence installations around the world. In 1967 a facility was built in Central Australia just 19km by road from Alice Springs town centre.
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