US nuclear weapons ‘on UK soil’ for first time in 17 years
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UK Defence Journal: B61-12 nuclear bombs have been transferred to the UK's Lakenheath Air Base in Suffolk. The US nuclear arsenal was previously stationed there during the Cold War, but was removed in 2008 following arms reductions in Europe. The return of nuclear weapons to Lakenheath signals a shift in NATO's nuclear strategy, due to deteriorating relations with Russia and a greater emphasis on "deterrence," the newspaper writes. Source: Teleg…
US nuclear weapons ‘on UK soil’ for first time in 17 years
Flight from New Mexico to RAF Lakenheath believed to have dropped off B61 nuclear bombs that can be carried by Britain’s new F-35A fighter jets The US has stationed nuclear weapons in Britain for the first time innearly 20 years for potential deployment on a new squadron of British jets,analysts have said. A transport plane was tracked on Thursday during aten-hour flight from Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, the US AirForce’s main nuclear…
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