• NateNate60@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Do none of you know that the UK is already a recognised nuclear state under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons? The UK already has a stockpile of 280 nukes under its control.

    Nukes in Britain aren’t something new, so people who call this the Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0 are being stupid.

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      9 months ago

      Still, the US had fairly recently halved the number of nukes stationed in Germany. So this is a reversal of course