I imagine that in reality the entire thing is structured in such a way that these bombs don't have any scenario in which they could actually be used. Like you s

I imagine that in reality the entire thing is structured in such a way that these bombs don't have any scenario in which they could actually be used. Like you said, no way all of NATO would agree to deploy any of them unless NATO was being actively attacked with nuclear weapons, and if that happens then Brits and the French will be launching their own nukes already, and US will be sending ballistic missiles instead of launching figher plane mounted nukes. It's just political posturing, show of strength and political friendship between countries - we value US alliance so much that we allow them to station nuclear weapons on our soil, that kind of thing. But the agreements around their use make them practically pointless.