Australia, US Need to Prepare for Possible Nuclear Attack: Report

Mururoa, FRENCH POLYNESIA: (Files) This picture taken in 1970 shows a French nuclear test at Mururoa, French Polynesia. Researchers have established a link between France's nuclear tests over the Pacific ocean in the late 1960s and the high incidence of thyroid cancer in Polynesia. France carried out some 40 atmospheric atomic tests in Polynesia from 1966 to 1974. After that its tests were carried out underground. AFP PHOTO Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images

The Australian government should prepare for the prospect of a nuclear attack from Russia or China a new report says.

The report, called “The Geopolitical Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine“ says northern Australia is at greater risk now due to the collapse of the European strategic order, which he says could escalate into a ”wider major war in Europe” involving China.