Nuclear Information Service: Preparations for US nuclear weapons storage in UK
Posted: 8th September 2022
PUBLISHED: 28.06.2022
CATEGORIES: US WARHEADS GOVERNMENT POLICY PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY
US budget documents published earlier this year indicate that vaults at RAF Lakenheath are being adapted for possible storage of US nuclear weapons. Under so-called ‘nuclear sharing’ arrangements, a number of NATO countries host nuclear weapons. The weapons remain under the control of US forces. The UK has not hosted US nuclear weapons since 2008. Prior to that US weapons had been continually based in the UK since 1954.