Acquiring nuclear weapons would take Australia down a costly,contentious and perilous path. But with Trump in the White House,we must not be naive to the dangers we face.
Trump’s man was in one room. Khamenei’s was in another. Then the two-hour mark ticked over.
This deceptive proposal has all the Trumpian hallmarks:a quasi policy announcement intended to serve sectional interests – in this case fossil fuel giants.
He appears to admit Vladimir Putin is exploiting a pause in US aid to Ukraine but is only doing “what anybody else would do” and “bombing the hell out of them”.
“There’s no reason for us to be building brand-new nuclear weapons,we already have so many,” he said. “You could destroy the world 50,100 times over.”
The experiment bay at the Chinese facility is believed to be about 50 per cent bigger than one in the United States,currently the world’s largest.
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has helped bring about the first public discussions between the US and China on artificial intelligence and its influence on military and nuclear security.
A president given to simplistic plans and impulses must now deal with a whole new level of nuclear complexity for which neither he nor the US system is yet equipped.
The international nuclear regulator is suddenly paying Australia much more attention since the country agreed to buy nuclear-powered submarines.
“It shows how advanced their enrichment capability has become and gives greater credibility to their ability to increasing their nuclear weapons arsenals.”