The U.S. is reportedly planning to relocate nuclear weapons to the U.K. for the first time in nearly two decades to counter the threat of Russian aggression engulfing the European continent.
The Telegraph reported that it gained access to sensitive Pentagon documents that said the U.S. has “procurement contracts for a new facility at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk” that confirms the U.S. “intends to place nuclear warheads three times the strength of the Hiroshima bomb at the air base.”
The U.S. stored nuclear weapons at RAF Lakenheath during the Cold War. The base is now expected to carry B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs, which are more than three times more powerful than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The bombs are small and can be delivered by F-16s, F-15s, and F-35s.
The threat from Russia is so serious that Admiral Rob Bauer (Royal Netherlands Navy), Chairman of the Military…
