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| Here's Where US Nuclear Bombs Are Stored In Europe |
| 2022-10-11 |
| [ZeroHedge] Back in January, in what was a rare showing of consensus on a global security topic, the United States, Russia, China, the UK and France jointly agreed that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought”. The pledge, the result of months of talks, was summarized by a senior U.S. state department official at the time as: “an acknowledgement that it is something that we want to avoid”. Now though, with increasingly threatening rhetoric from Russia, U.S. President Biden has said that Putin is “not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons", warning: “I don’t think there’s any such thing as the ability to easily (use) a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon”. Adding historical context, Biden said: “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.” Currently, as Statista's Martin Armstrong notes, there is estimated to be almost 13,000 nuclear warheads in the hands of nine countries. At the top of the list, as compiled by the Federation Of American Scientists (FAS), are of course Russia and the U.S. with a combined arsenal of over 11,000. The FAS warned in late 2021 that “instead of planning for nuclear disarmament, the nuclear-armed states appear to plan to retain large arsenals for the indefinite future. All continue to modernize their remaining nuclear forces…and all appear committed to retaining nuclear weapons for the indefinite future.” However, Armstrong goes on to explain that in 2019, a NATO-affiliated body released and subsequently deleted a document that apparently confirmed something that had been suspected for a long time - U.S. nuclear weapons are being stored at air bases in several European countries. A copy of the document was published by Belgian newspaper De Morgen which stated that B61 nuclear bombs are stored at six bases in Europe. As a factsheet from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation details, the bases in question are Kleine Brogel in Belgium, Büchel in Germany, Aviano and Ghedi in Italy, Volkel in the Netherlands and Incirlik in Turkey. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 There were protests in then West Germany around early 1987 with lefty / commie groups going apeshit over the announcement of Pershing II's being deployed to West Germany. It made for one interesting night in Hannover for this cat. |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-10-11 17:22 |
| #4 ^^ Most definitely, FG. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-10-11 07:53 |
| #3 Incirlik should be off that list |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-10-11 07:23 |
| #2 IIRC, there used to be Pershing missiles in Pirmasens, Germany. I don't know if Büchel was the new site if it was in addition to. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-10-11 06:41 |
| #1 ...Well, one of those is one I never heard of before, and the other one I knew about....but whose continued existence leads me to seriously doubt the intelligence of our military and political leadership. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-10-11 06:22 |