Nuclear warheads in Italy and Europe: just give the word!
Want some WMD? No need to go to Iraq, just travel across Europe. All safe, ready and made in USA.
“[The] February 2005 NRDC paper pieces together evidence from an array of sources to show that the United States is still deploying 480 nuclear weapons in Europe. Until now, most observers believed there were no more than half that many still left on the continent.”
http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/euro/contents.asp
Aviano base, Italy: 50 B61 nuclear bombs.
Ghedi Torre, Italy: 40 B61 nuclear bombs.
(Source: DigitalGlobe.)
Full report: http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/euro/euro.pdf
Europe WMD map: http://www.abolition2000europe.org/map/
A great wealth of updated information is here:
http://www.nukestrat.com/us/afn/nato.htm
“Today, there are fewer than 180 US nuclear bombs in Europe. (1998)” [link1]
“The United States now retains approximately 1,100 nonstrategic nuclear weapons, with a few hundred deployed with aircraft in Europe and the remaining stored in the United States.”
“Unclassified reports indicate that, of this number, fewer than 500 were air-delivered bombs deployed at bases in Europe” (2004) [link2]
The B61-5 is a lightweight (350kg), low drag/parachute-retarded variable yield (10-500kT) tactical thermonuclear weapon.
[link3] [link4 (1994 report)]
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I agree,
Lets get the hell out of there and let the europeans pay for their own damn protection.
surely they do not need or want ours. I sure as hell don’t want to PAY to maintain a protection system that is not appreciated nor desired by those it is meant to protect.
Surely another world war will change their opinion…. however, like all things capital the price has to go up! like the old saying “don’t worry they’ll be back”
and they surely will complete with bowl in hand and pathetic look.
Comment by sanju sharma — @ 20080512 0652 Monday
I disagree, Sanju. I think we should stay there and if any of those damn europeans get out of line, we just nuke them.
Why the hell not? If fact, we need a presence in europe/asia in case India or China gets out of line too.
Nukes Forever!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by judy — @ 20080512 0932 Monday