Ammo stockpiles

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by RN7

But for what reason would the US establish a major military munitions depot at such a remote and not easily accessible location as Alice Springs when (1) there are more suitable locations in other parts of Australia, and (2) when the US already has Military Prepositioning Ship (MPS) squadron at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and at Guam in the north-western Pacific.

Also if the US has a military munitions depot in Alice Springs then the US and Australian governments would have established a logistical capacity to rapidly redeploy such weapons and munitions from Alice Springs, such as building long runways so that US heavy transport aircraft could land and take off safely. For a fully loaded heavy transport aircraft such as C-5 Galaxy or a Boeing 747 freighter to safely take off you are going to need a runway of 10,000 feet, or maybe even longer. Alice Springs Airport has two runways, the longest is 7,999 feet. The nearest suitable runway for US heavy transport aircraft in the Northern Territory is Darwin International Airport (also RAAF Base Darwin), and to a lesser extent RAAF Base Tindal in Katherine, both located at the top end of the Northern Territory and nearly 1,000 miles from Alice Springs.

Don't try to inject logic into the U.S. Army logistics system. You will only drive yourself insane.