Security of US nuclear arms in Europe is not our problem: NATO

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Source: AFP

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The security of US nuclear arms deployed in Europe is a matter for Washington and the host nation, not for NATO, an alliance official said Monday responding to a report outlining shortfalls.

"There is a NATO policy framework for the presence of US nuclear weapons in Europe. But the security details and the handling of those weapons are a matter of bilateral arrangements," the official for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation said.

Hundreds of US nuclear weapons are held at air bases in six NATO countries, including Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, along with a total of 200-350 air-launched B-61 bombs, according to non-official US estimates.

An internal US Air Force investigation found that most European air force bases that house US nuclear bombs are failing to meet security requirements to protect the weapons.



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1. Bush/Cheney are throwing around nuclear weapons in Eastern Europe like

...Sanata tosses candy out at a Christmas parade