Washington will reportedly place dozens of F-35 jets and possibly nuclear weapons at RAF Lakenheath The United States could seek to statio
Washington will reportedly place dozens of F-35 jets and possibly nuclear weapons at RAF Lakenheath
The United States could seek to station nuclear weapons on British territory for the first time since 2008, according to Pentagon budget documents analyzed by a US think-tank and British media. American fighter jets capable of nuclear bombing raids are also slated for the same UK air base, the files suggest.
In a March funding request to Congress, the US military sought $50 million for a new « surety dormitory » at the Lakenheath Royal Air Force base in Suffolk, north of the British capital, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
According to the Federation of American Scientists, the term « surety » is frequently used by the Pentagon to refer to « the capability to keep nuclear weapons safe, secure, and under positive control. » While the budget document made mention of a NATO project to construct « secure sites and facilities » to store « special weapons » in the UK, officials have yet to confirm any new deployments at the base in question.
