AusSurvivalist - Top 40 Australian Targets

Targets were chosen for a surface burst where they were expected to be either hardened against attack or where it was important to maximise the damage to particular facilities.

Nuclear Target	Nearest Town	Lat	Long
Defence Communications Facility	CANBERRA	-35.3	149.15
HMAS Kuttabul (Garden Island Dockyards)	Garden Island	-33.08	151.22
HMAS Stirling	Rockingham	-32.28	115.73
Nurrungar	Woomera	-31.33	136.78
Defence Satellite Communications Station	Kojarena	-28.72	114.87
Pine Gap	Alice Spings	-23.82	133.73
Jindalee (160km Alice Springs)	Alice Springs	-22.9	133.37
North West Cape	Exmouth	-21.78	114.17
RAAF Base Townsville	Townsville	-19.27	146.8
Cairns International Airport	Cairns	-16.92	145.77
RAAF Base Tindal	Katherine	-14.52	132.37
HMAS Coonawarra Naval Com' Station	Darwin	-12.45	130.83
RAAF Base Darwin	Darwin	-12.42	130.9
Omega Transmitting Station	Woodside	-38.52	146.87

Air burst targets were chosen where the objective was to maximise the radius of the blast (overpressure) damage and, in the case of the refineries, where serious secondary explosions could be expected to increase the level of destruction.

Nuclear Target	Nearest Town	Lat	Long
MOBIL Refinery	Altona	-37.87	144.83
Victoria Barracks	Melbourne	-37.82	144.97
Joint US Facility (Watsonia)	Yallambie	-37.73	145.1
ADI Ordnance	Benalla	-36.55	145.98
RAAF Base Edinburgh	Salisbury	-36.35	141.75
Defence Security Branch	Salisbury	-36.35	141.75
ADI Ordnance	Albury	-36.07	146.9
ADI Ordnance	Mulwala	-35.98	146
MOBIL Refinery	Port Stanvac	-34.85	138.5
Caltex/Ampol Oil Refinery	Kurnell	-34.02	151.2
RAAF Base Glenbrook	Glenbrook	-33.77	150.62
Joint US Facility	Richmond	-33.6	150.75
RAAF Base Richmond	Richmond	-33.6	150.77
ADI Ordnance	Lithgow	-33.48	150.15
RAAF Base Williamtown	Newcastle	-32.93	151.78
BP Refinery	Kwinana	-32.23	115.77
Joint US Facility	Pearce	-31.67	116.02
RAAF Base Amberley	Amberley	-27.63	152.72
Joint US Facility	Cabarlah	-27.43	151.98
Caltex Refinery	Lytton	-27.42	153.15
BP Refinery	Brisbane	-27.4	153.13
RAAF Base Learmonth	Exmouth	-22.23	114.08
Joint US Facility	Shoal Bay	-20.7	116.6
RAAF Base Curtin	Derby	-17.58	123.82
RAAF Base Scherger	Weipa	-12.63	141.88
Joint US Facility	Bamaga	-10.88	142.38
JORN Over the Horizon Radar	Laverton	-28.62	122.4
JORN Over the Horizon Radar	Longreach	-23.43	144.23
Jindalee Receiver Mt Everhard	Alice Springs	-23.3	133.57