

Australia’s evolving nuclear posture: avoiding a fait accompli (Part 2 of 2)
October 13, 2024
The significance of US strategic bomber deployments:Defence Minister Richard Marles played down revelations in late 2022 that up to six US B-52 strategic bombers are to be forward-deployed to Tindal Air Force Base, telling reporters at the time that ‘everyone needs to take a deep breath here.’ Marles implied that there was nothing new about the revelations given US bombers have ‘been coming to Australia since the 1980s’ and ‘training in Australia since 2005.’