Irresponsible Politics: Australia’s B-52 Nuclear Weapons Problem
Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2023
Dr Binoy Kampmark
16th Feruary, 2023
That is the problem facing the AUKUS alliance which makes Australia a central point of reference for Washington and its broader ambitions in curbing China. The alliance is increasingly being characterised by a nuclear tone. First came the promise to furnish Australia with nuclear powered submarines, absent nuclear weapons. Then came the announcement to deploy six B-52 bombers to the Northern Territory’s Tindal airbase, south of Darwin.
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