They had a linked article talking about a prior exercise [0] which includes the source for that procedure [1]: > “If NATO was to conduct a nuclear mission in a

They had a linked article talking about a prior exercise [0] which includes the source for that procedure [1]: > “If NATO was to conduct a nuclear mission in a conflict,” NATO says, “the B-61 [sic] weapons would be carried by certified Allied aircraft…However, a nuclear mission can only be undertaken after explicit political approval is given by NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group (NPG) and authorisation is received from the US President and UK Prime Minister.” It is unclear why the U.K. Prime Minister would have to authorize employment of U.S. nuclear weapons, and unless NATO territory had been attacked with nuclear weapons first, it seems unlikely that the 29 countries in the NPG would be able to agree to approve of employment of non-strategic nuclear weapons from bases in Europe. It is interesting that use of the weapons would require authorisation by the UK PM. In WW2 mutual consent was required due to the Quebec Agreement [2], but that requirement was included in later treaties. [0] - https://fas.org/blogs/security/2022/10/steadfast-noon-exercise-and-nuclear-modernization/ https://fas.org/blogs/security/2022/10/steadfast-noon-exerci... [1] - https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2022/2/pdf/220204-factsheet-nuclear-sharing-arrange.pdf https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2022/2/pd... [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Agreement