One of my early bits of library research involved archive dives for a book by (now) Emeritus Professor David Blair, pioneer in gravitational wave research in Australia [1].
The book was
First and Final War: A Basic Information Manual on the Effects of Nuclear War Applied to Australia (1986) [2]
and featured reasoning as to why Australia would be high on a first strike list, primary as a MIRV target covering radar and signaling installations.
Also some early work on blast radius and fallout spread.
It bears repeating that the submarine communications station (in Australia, there are others) responsible for sending fire commands is the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt [3]
The book was
First and Final War: A Basic Information Manual on the Effects of Nuclear War Applied to Australia (1986) [2]
and featured reasoning as to why Australia would be high on a first strike list, primary as a MIRV target covering radar and signaling installations.
Also some early work on blast radius and fallout spread.
It bears repeating that the submarine communications station (in Australia, there are others) responsible for sending fire commands is the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt [3]
That still gets a laugh in Australia.
[1] https://www.uwa.edu.au/Profile/David-Blair
[2] https://www.amazon.com/First-Final-War-Information-Australas...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Communication_Station_Ha...