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Much like the US had weapons in Turkey (for many years, IDK if they still are), but those weapons were under US control. (Although if the combination on the saf
by runeofdoom 3y ago
Much like the US had weapons in Turkey (for many years, IDK if they still are), but those weapons were under US control. (Although if the combination on the safeties is still all 0s, that may be less than completely accurate.)
- jjk166 3y agoThe difference is that all those now-independent countries were parts of the Soviet Union when the weapons were placed there. So it's more like the US stationing weapons in North Dakota, and then North Dakota breaking away.
- sillywalk 3y agoThe nukes are still in Turkey at Incirlik Air Base. Estimates are between 20-50. Other NATO countries that still have U.S. nukes under custody: Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Canada had nukes under a similar arrangement until 1984. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_sharing