The decision comes shortly after lawmakers in Finland, another NATO member that shares a border with Russia, voted to lift its longstanding ban on nuclear weapons.

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The Financial Times reported last month, citing three unnamed sources briefed on discussions, that the U.S. was in talks to secure new nuclear-capable deployments in Europe.

The report said countries on NATO’s eastern flank, such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, were interested in potentially hosting bases for so-called U.S. dual-capable aircraft (DCA), which are able to deliver nuclear strikes.

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  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    It’s unfortunate, but makes sense in a time leaders just demonstrated they randomly attack regions they deem weaker.

    we were very close to a world without nukes, but that just showed some ppl are too regressive to peacefully enjoy a world without the threat of mutually assured destruction.