I spotted this ironic fusion of a peace symbol and a B-52 in the city1 earlier in the year, and luckily it was still there when I went back with a camera this week.

It’s at the corner of Russell St and Bullens Lane. I assume it’s street art, and not anything to do with the bar advertised below it. No idea who is responsible for it, but well done, whoever it is!

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I like it too, as a deterrence nerd myself.
I suspect a few people don’t quite appreciate the nuclear history, though: try googling “Peace Through Superior Firepower” and reward yourself with mili-kitsch. -
interesting, and artistically, very good looking.
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I used the same juxtaposition in my poster “Give War A Chance” from 2003.
One one the many Australian attempts to stop John Howard committing Australia to participation in the invasion of Iraq (which “wouldn’t turn out to be another Vietnam” and, apparently, still hasn’t.)
At the time, I couldn’t imagine that someone hadn’t thought of it before but, as it was only a background element, I decided to include it anyway.
I still think someone must have done it before. Probably in the sixties.
See the poster here:
http://www.heynick.com/posters/give-war-a-chance.htm -
OT: Our current peace symbol is actually the death symbol. The correct symbol should be an inverted peace symbol, meaning the tree of life.
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