http://www.abc.net.au, Australia's Defence Minister Robert Hill has confirmed Australia is ill-equipped to deal with a nuclear attack by North Korea.
The Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has warned that Australia has no defence against a long-range missile attack from the communist country.
Senator Hill says while he hasn't recieved any intelligence suggesting Australia is a target, the goverment is preparing for the possibility.
We don't anticipate a nuclear attack on Australia, but do we have a form of protection against intercontinental ballistic missiles, no we don't and that's one of the reasons why we've decided to work with the United States in their missile defensive system. We want to build up our knowledge of those capabilities and it might be one day in the future that we'll want to field that sort of protection.
