XPost: aus.politics, sci.military.naval, talk.politics.misc   
   XPost: alt.war.nuclear   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Daniel65  wrote   
   > Fran wrote on 2/9/21 11:30 am:   
   >> On 2/09/2021 12:01 am, Daniel65 wrote:   
   >>> Byker wrote on 31/8/21 1:31 am:   
   >>>> "Daniel65"  wrote in message news:sgilvd$n3p$2@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Back in 'The Cold War' days, Australia used to be number three on both   
   >>>>> the U.S. of A. and U.S.S.R. hit lists.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Cite?   
   >>>>   
   >>> Sorry! No can do .... just word of mouth back then, pre-Internet!   
   >>   
   >> It'd make sense for Exmouth and Pine Gap to be both be targets given   
   >> their strategic importance to the US and the western military.   
   >   
   > The reason given at the time was that if U.S.A./U.S.S.R. and Europe were   
   > taken out, Australia, being resource rich as it was/is, would be bound to   
   > become a World power, so it would have been taken out do give the leftover   
   > U.S.A./U.S.S.R. and Europe a bit of a chance to rise from the dust!   
      
   More of your mindless bullshit.   
      
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