US nuclear weapons in Europe are in a stored posture, and have substantial procedures required for their release to their host countries' air forces. As far as

US nuclear weapons in Europe are in a stored posture, and have substantial procedures required for their release to their host countries' air forces. As far as I know, the US hasn't stationed M/IRBM or nuclear cruise missiles in Europe since the early-60s Jupiter MRBM [0] and GLCM [1] were withdrawn. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/01/the-real-cuban-missile-crisis/309190/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/01/the-rea... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-109G_Ground_Launched_Cruise_Missile https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-109G_Ground_Launched_Cru...