The Wire

The Defence Department made a visit to the University of Technology in Sydney today. They came to promote the Joint Strike Fighter Project, a 40 year plan to develop Australia’s strike fighter aircraft technologies. The Government is working on the project in partnership with American company Lockheed Martin, the world’s biggest arms supplier and a powerful lobby behind the Iraq war. Researchers at universities around Australia have been invited to be involved in the project. But today’s official briefing at UTS was interrupted by a persistent group of anti-war activists. Sophie Gyles has the story.