The imminent introduction of nuclear weapons into Australia in US B-52 bombers will carry consequences more profound and immediate than at any point in Australia’s history. But declassified documents reveal it wasn’t always so.
VINCE SCAPPATURA is Sessional Academic in the School of International Studies at Macquarie University, and author of 'The US Lobby and Australian Defence Policy', Melbourne: Monash University Publishing, 2019. He recently published 'B-2 Bomber Strikes in Yemen and their Significance for Australia', Nautilus Institute Special Report, 11 November 2024.
The imminent introduction of nuclear weapons into Australia in US B-52 bombers will carry consequences more profound and immediate than at any point in Australia’s history. But declassified documents reveal it wasn’t always so.