U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe
10 January 2010
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German Bundestag
- Hans M. Kristensen, Consultant, Natural Resources Defense Council
- 27 pages
- February 25, 2005
The mission
Three main reason used for retaining U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe:
- Russia could turn bad and still has a lot of nonstrategic nuclear weapons
- Symbol of continued U.S. commitment to NATO: provides trans-Atlantic glue
- Other countries on NATO’s southern periphery are developing weapons of mass destruction
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