Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1969Vol. 40, No. 7

Pie In The Sky

p. 30 · Read in the full issue

Page 3030

For Canton?

Canton Island, which officially went “off the air” early last year when most of its air naviga tional aids were dismantled and its airfield closed by the US Military, could see a new life as a tracking station for missiles test fired between Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, and the US mainland.

The US Defence Department is currently examining the mid- Pacific island’s value for spotting nuclear intercontinental missiles.

Part of the Phoenix Islands atoll group, Canton is jointly administered by the US and Britain.

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