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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Campaigners call for Keir Starmer to say if US nuclear weapons are back in UK

Sign announcing RAF Lakenheath
RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk where a US airforce plane landed with what is considered likely to be B61-12 gravity bombs. Photograph: Emma Sword/PA

Campaigners have called for Keir Starmer to tell parliament whether US nuclear weapons have returned to British soil after a distinctive US air force transport flight was spotted landing at RAF Lakenheath on Friday morning.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and several experts believe that it is highly likely that a number of US B61-12 gravity bombs were delivered to a US air force squadron last week, the first US nuclear deployment in the UK since 2008.

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