{"id":12554,"date":"2015-09-23T07:40:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T12:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12554"},"modified":"2015-09-23T07:40:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T12:40:23","slug":"us-to-bring-in-new-advanced-nuclear-bombs-to-germany-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12554","title":{"rendered":"US to bring in new advanced nuclear bombs to Germany \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US to bring in new advanced nuclear bombs to Germany \u2013 report<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Starting third quarter 2015, the US Air Force is starting preparations to bring in new B61 nuclear bombs to Luftwaffe\u2019s B\u00fcchel Air Base, according to ZDF TV channel. German parliament previously called for American nukes to be removed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The base in Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany hosts German Panavia Tornado multipurpose aircraft that are capable to deploy the USAF nuclear bombs stored there under a nuclear sharing deal. The base is the only location in Germany that has nuclear weapons since 2007 and has 20 of them, according to the Royal United Services Institute.<\/p>\n

The US is currently working on a new variant of the B61, Mod 12, which would be more accurate and have smaller yield than modifications 3 and 4 currently deployed in Europe.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: US B61-12 nuclear bomb test may be drilling use in Europe – Moscow<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ZDF\u00a0cites<\/a>\u00a0budget documents indicating that in third quarter this year the base would receive funding for the future storage and deployment of the new B61-12s. That includes the upgrade of the Tornado aircraft.<\/p>\n

The report notes that nuclear disarmament was part of the 2009 coalition parliament between Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s CDU party and Free Democrats. In 2010, the German parliament\u00a0called<\/a>\u00a0on the government to have the American nuclear weapons removed from its soil, citing public support for such a decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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