U.S. Nuclear Weapons in EuropeA review of post-Cold War policy, force levels, and
war planning.
This February 2005 NRDC paper pieces together evidence from an array of sources to show that the United States
is still deploying 480 nuclear weapons in Europe. Until now, most observers believed there were no more than half that many
still left on the continent. The continuing presence of these weapons irritates relations with Russia, undermines global efforts
to dissuade other nations from developing nuclear weapons, and impedes NATO's post-Cold War evolution. The Bush administration
and the NATO alliance should address this issue as a matter of global nuclear security and remove all U.S. nuclear weapons
from Europe.
"The fact that the United States has some 480 nuclear weapons still stationed in Europe will come as a
surprise to a lot of Europeans," said Hans M. Kristensen, the author of the report. "The big question is: 'Why are they still
there more than a decade after the Cold War ended?' Neither the United States nor NATO has been able to articulate a credible
mission for the weapons."
http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressReleases/050209.asp
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