The United States appears to be poised to reassert its nuclear footprint in the United Kingdom after nearly two decades of inactivity, according to a new watchdog report.
The Federation of American Scientists published a report Wednesday compiling evidence it says strongly suggests the U.S. Air Force is planning to bring nuclear weapons back to Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath, England.
“Even without weapons present, the addition of a large nuclear air base in northern Europe is a significant new development that would have been inconceivable just a decade-and-a-half ago,” the report said.
The federation, founded in 1945 by scientists who built the first Manhattan Project atomic bombs, is an independent organization that coalesces scientists and policy influencers to monitor and reduce future nuclear threats.
