The huge facility at Pine Gap, Australia is actually just a computer complex with a little more than 1,000 employees. It's kind of like a ground control station for satellites. Why is
Pine Gap in Alice Springs likely gathering intelligence about Russia's next moves in Ukraine - ABC News
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