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Netherlands and Germany call for an end to the storage of the US nuclear weapons in Europe

Press TV – February 17, 2011

The United States currently has 200 nuclear warheads in six bases in five European countries without an all-out accord from Europe, a report says.

According to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany host 10 to 20 US nuclear weapons each, while a total of over 100 US warheads are stocked in Italy and Turkey.

Some European countries, including the Netherlands and Germany, are calling for an end to the storage of the US weapons in the continent.

Germany brought up the issue in the NATO Summit meetings of Heads of State and Government in Lisbon, Portugal, last November, but no result was achieved then.

On the other hand, the NATO members have laid down a condition that Russia should cut down on its tactical nuclear weapons in an attempt to decrease the number of their own warheads.

Russia and the United States, following the new START Treaty early February, agreed on reducing only their strategic nuclear weapons; whereas, nothing concerning tactical nuclear weapons was agreed on.

The United States, in 1952, started storing tactical weapons in Europe, the number of which reached 7,300 in 1971. Ever since, however, there has been a gradual decrease in the number of them.

February 17, 2011 - Posted by | Militarism, Timeless or most popular

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