In the light of exacerbation of the situation in the international arena and growing tensions between Russia and the West, the United States plans to place nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom, reports The Telegraph, citing Pentagon documents. This decision is a response to the growing threat that Russia creates its actions, in particular, the increase of nuclear potential in Belarus.
According to Pentagon documents, the United States is planned to be placed on the basis of royal Air Force Leukenechitis in Safolk Nuclear B61-12, which is three times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. This decision is part of the NATO NATO Program for the development and modernization of nuclear objects, which was initiated in accordance with increasing threats by Russia after invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
An important aspect of this decision is its symbolic nature: it is the first placement of American nuclear weapons in the UK in almost 16 years. According to information, the United States had brought out their nuclear warheads from the United Kingdom in 2008, believing that the threat of the Cold War had decreased. However, the situation is changing now, and the placement of nuclear weapons in leukenehitis is becoming a necessary step to ensure the safety and upholding of the interests of the West.
During the Brussels Press in Brussels, the NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Rob Bauer urged Western countries to prepare for fundamental changes in his life, as one must be prepared for conflict with Russia. He also believed that at the beginning of the war, a large number of civilians will need to be mobilized, so governments should immediately develop the management systems.
The deployment of US nuclear weapons in the UK can be perceived by Russia as an escalation of the conflict, and Moscow has already warned that this step would meet "compensatory countermeasures".
