Poland urges U.S. to deploy nuclear warheads

Poland’s president calls on the U.S. to transfer nuclear weapons to Polish soil as a deterrent against Russia and welcomes President Macron’s idea to extend France’s nuclear umbrella to NATO states

Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II
B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb
Poland’s president Andrzej Duda

NATO NUCLEAR ARRANGEMENTS

NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATE

NUCLEAR SHARING
Around 100 U.S. B61 nuclear bombs stored at six bases in five countries. Those five countries, plus Greece, practise delivering them using dual-capable aircraft*

CONVENTIONAL SUPPORT
Contribute conventionally armed aircraft to support those nuclear missions

OTHER NATO MEMBERS

Airbases storing U.S. bombs

Kleine Brogel
Belgium
10-15

Ghedi
Italy
10-15

Büchel
Germany
10-15

Aviano
Italy
20-30

Incirlik
Turkey
20-30

Volkel
Netherlands
10-15

UK: About 250 nuclear warheads

FRANCE: Nearly 300

RUS.
NORWAY
SWEDEN
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
SLOV.
UKRAINE
EST.
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
LAT.
LITH.
RUSSIA
GREECE
ITALY
TÜRKIYE
POLAND
GERMANY
HUNGARY
CZECH REP.
DENMARK
FINLAND

BELARUS
Tactical nuclear weapons transfered by Moscow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

*capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear weapons

Sources: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Federation of American Scientists
Picture: Getty Images
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