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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh

How and why is Britain obtaining access to nuclear gravity bombs?

A US air force F-35A Lightning II.
Britain’s F-35A squadron is expected to be operational at the end of the decade. Photograph: APFootage/Alamy

Britain is to obtain air-launched nuclear weapons by buying a squadron of 12 F-35A fighter jets, which are capable of carrying the US B61-12 gravity bomb as well as conventional arms, Keir Starmer has announced at the Nato summit.

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