US EditionUS Sends Nukes to UK for First Time in Decades as Putin Ignores Trump Deadline
- The United States has redeployed nuclear weapons to British soil for the first time since 2008, according to the UK Defence Journal.
- Several B61-12 thermonuclear bombs have been transferred from Kirtland Air Force Base to Royal Air Force Lakenheath in Suffolk County.
- The redeployment marks a potential shift in NATO's nuclear posture and reflects worsening relations between Washington and Moscow.
- Both the U.S. Department of Defense and the UK Ministry of Defense have not confirmed the movement of the weapons, according to various sources.
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The United States has deployed several nuclear bombs in the United Kingdom for the first time in 17 years, the UK's Defense Journal reports.
U.S. Deploys Nuclear Weapons to UK for First Time Since 2008 - teleSUR English
The B61-12 gravity thermonuclear bomb is a guided device with a yield of up to 50 kilotons. On Sunday, the UK Defence Journal published an article stating that the United States has redeployed nuclear weapons to British soil for the first time since 2008. RELATED: Russia Strikes Ukraine Overnight With Hypersonic Missiles More specifically, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly transferred several B61-12 gravity thermonucle…
For the first time since 2008, the United States has deployed nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom, as reported by the UK specialized portal UK Defence Journal. READ ALSO:Russia attacks with precision weapons Ukraine's industrial military complex and airfields According to the report, several B61-12 thermonuclear bombs were recently moved from Kirtland Air Base in New Mexico, USA, to the Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Lakenheath, located in Suff…
The United States has delivered to its largest European air base the most modern version of the bombs, which are the main nuclear weapon of American strategic forces.
US Tactical Nuclear Weapons Reportedly Return to UK for First Time Since 2008
The United States has reportedly redeployed tactical nuclear weapons to the United Kingdom for the first time in over 15 years, marking a potential shift in NATO’s nuclear posture in Europe. The weapons are believed to be B61-12 thermonuclear gravity bombs, transferred to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, England. The bombs were flown from the US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and delivered to a newly built se…
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