The spy base we’re not supposed to know about is getting bigger

<p>Once upon a time, Australians were told Pine Gap was a space base. Then we were told it was a weather station. But now, of course, we know the installation deep in the Northern Territory outback is a US spy base.</p><p>Which isn’t to say it’s any less secretive – we still don’t know a huge amount about what goes on there.</p><p>We do know it’s likely America’s biggest offshore spy base and that it gathers critical intelligence about current conflicts.Now, we also know that it’s undergone a rapid expansion.</p>...