Missiles could be placed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk in case of potential war between Nato and Russia

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. Warheads three times as strong as the Hiroshima bomb would be located at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk under the proposals, the Telegraph reported.

The US previously placed nuclear missiles at RAF Lakenheath and removed them in 2008 after the cold war threat from Moscow receded. Pentagon documents seen by the newspaper reveal procurement contracts for a new facility at the airbase.

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.”

  • @merthyr1831
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    -235 months ago

    US needs a civil war so bad. Only thing keeping them from trying to go to war somewhere else

    • @A_Filthy_Weeaboo
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      115 months ago

      You do know Russia invaded Ukraine right? It also has been posturing and threatening other countries AND put nukes in Belarus right?

      • @Mr_Blott
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        -85 months ago

        Two wrongs never made a right tho

        • Davel23
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          105 months ago

          So what is “right”? Do nothing then sit back and watch as Russia turns the rest of Europe into smoking rubble like Ukraine?

          • @A_Filthy_Weeaboo
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            15 months ago

            Also right. I don’t want to agree with the “Two wrongs don’t make a right” comment, but the idea of nuclear escalation doesn’t sit with me, because it eventually leads to M.A.D (mutually assured destruction) not as a deterrent but as a feasible reality.

            I want Ukraine to push back these Russian assholes, and I’d love to see Putty suffer… but I don’t know the answer to that perfect outcome. I’m not a military strategist. I just hope that they defeat Russia.

            I’m sorry for the week answer