Remembering the first nuclear-powered submarine visit to Australia sometimes neglects one inconvenient fact – it was nuclear armed.
Andrew Fowler
ANDREW FOWLER is an award-winning investigative journalist and a former reporter for the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners programs. Fowler wrote 'The Most Dangerous Man in the World, the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks', updated in 2020. His latest book ‘Nuked: The submarine fiasco that sank Australia’s sovereignty', published in July 2024.
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The United States sank the French submarines deal and formed the AUKUS military pact, to smash a new Indo-Pacific strategic alliance of France, Australia and India that wanted friendship with China.