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US planning to station nuclear weapons in UK amid threat from Russia – report
(www.theguardian.com)
Lmao "planning to", as if they already aren't.
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2024
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The US used to have nuclear weapons stationed at Lakenheath, but (officially) they were withdrawn in 2008. They still have them elsewhere in Europe.
I think it was announced that nuclear weapons capabilities(but not the weapons themselves) would be re-established there last year.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The US is planning to station nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years amid a growing threat from Russia, according to a report.
A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “It remains a longstanding UK and Nato policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at a given location.”
Calls have recently come from senior figures on both sides of the Atlantic for the UK to be prepared in case of a potential war between Nato forces and Russia.
Earlier this week, Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, the outgoing head of the British army, said its 74,000-strong ranks need to be bolstered by at least 45,000 reservists and citizens in order to be better readied for possible conflict.
Carlos Del Toro, the US navy secretary, has urged the UK to “reassess” the size of its armed forces given “the threats that exist today”.
Downing Street defended the UK government’s spending on defence, saying Britain had been Washington’s “partner of choice” in its strikes against Houthi rebels in the Red Sea because of its “military strength”.
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