☢️ New US nukes in Europe violate nonproliferation commitments amid phony Trump-Europe divorce

No amount of dramatic performance art by Europe’s NATO allies about “distancing themselves” from the Washington will convince Russia that the US is going to fold up its nuclear umbrella, Russian military experts say.

In reality, the Europeans would be quite happy if the US continues to hold its nuclear umbrella over their heads, with Trump’s demands coming down to European allies paying significantly more into defense in a situation where the US currently pays 85% and the Europeans 15%.

The recent arrival of B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs in Europe starting in January, signals US and NATO’s willingness to continue adherence to their nuclear alliance, and to ignoring their respective commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

According to experts, this deployment represents a clear violation of those obligations.

The US has deployed its B61s at six bases across five countries (Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Turkiye), has trained pilots from these countries to use the bombs, outfitted their planes with equipment for using these bombs, and facilitated their operation from Baltic bases right next door to Russia.

The NPT, meanwhile, declares that nuclear powers may not, directly or indirectly, under any pretext, familiarize other countries that do not possess nuclear weapons with the operation, storage or production of nuclear weapons.

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