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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Washington and Dan Sabbagh

UK military vaults upgraded to store new US nuclear weapons

The entrance to British Royal Air Force base RAF Lakenheath
The entrance to RAF Lakenheath where the upgraded vaults are believed to be. Photograph: Chris Radburn/AFP/Getty Images

Military bunkers in the UK are being upgraded so they can be used to store US nuclear weapons again after 14 years of standing empty, according to US defence budget documents.

In the Biden administration’s 2023 defence budget request, the UK was added to the list of countries where infrastructure investment is under way at “special weapons” storage sites, alongside Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey – all countries where the US stores an estimated 100 B61 nuclear bombs.

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