Thursday, February 7, 2019

The focus is back on nuclear weapons stored in Germany

With the Russian decision to exit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in six months the cold war mentality is about to return.

For the Germans it means the silos with US nuclear weapons stored on German soil are back in focus.


The weapons are stored at Büchel, a small town with a population of just over a thousand people, between Koblenz and the Belgian and Luxemburg borders.

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