Posted on 08/18/2016 7:38:04 AM PDT by Enlightened1
EXCLUSIVE/ Two independent sources told EurActiv.com that the US has started transferring nuclear weapons stationed in Turkey to Romania, against the background of worsening relations between Washington and Ankara .
According to one of the sources, the transfer has been very challenging in technical and political terms.
“It’s not easy to move 20+ nukes,” said the source, on conditions of anonymity.
According to a recent report by the Simson Center, since the Cold War, some 50 US tactical nuclear weapons have been stationed at Turkey’s Incirlik air base, approximately 100 kilometres from the Syrian border.
During the failed coup in Turkey in July, Incirlik’s power was cut, and the Turkish government prohibited US aircraft from flying in or out. Eventually, the base commander was arrested and implicated in the coup. Whether the US could have maintained control of the weapons in the event of a protracted civil conflict in Turkey is an unanswerable question, the report says.
Another source told EurActiv.com that the US-Turkey relations had deteriorated so much following the coup that Washington no longer trusted Ankara to host the weapons. The American weapons are being moved to the Deveselu air base in Romania, the source said.
Deveselu, near the city of Caracal, is the new home of the US missile shield, which has infuriated Russia.
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I heard from somewhere they had already been moved a while ago, so maybe this is retroactive advertising...
Oh bull. Load 'em on a plane and drop 'em off over Mecca and Medina.
When will the US stop tip-toeing around this Muslim war? Bomb the crap out of them, wait for the cells in the US to wake up and address that situation. Finish it!
Almost 5 weeks into this, after the coup attempt and they're just now getting around to moving them?
Romania might be new to NATO but they hate the Russians with a passion and they are probably more loyal to us than the Euroweenies in the EU if it comes down to it.
Good point, for sure.
“We should NEVER have nuclear weapons in ANY muslim country.”
Well, we can have them there temporarily, until they reach at the proper altitude to detonate :)
Good move but why advertise? Got to be unpredictable. Go Trump!!
“”the transfer has been very challenging in technical and political terms.””
POLITICAL!!!! Naturally - obozo and Kerry couldn’t do anything without considering the POLITICAL angles. They’ll talk it to death before it gets accomplished and we’ll have a huge disaster in the making.
That’s the only way, not stored there, but delivered from on high.
Maybe the Italians have already said no to that nuclear hot potato.
But Romania? Got to be some nuclear Vlad Dracula jokes in there.
;^)
20? really? WTF do we need 20 for? In case 11 are faulty?
Lighten the mood a little!!!!
Good. I was actually getting afraid we would not be able to get them out without Erdogan making a move to seize them.
Some B52’s pulled out of Barksdale after midnight doing a MITO take-off
“Don’t put it past Zippy to leave one or two behind as a parting gift.”
Hopefully with a countdown clock running 3...2...1
OMG ,Don’t tell anyone you’re moving them ,Morons
The number I read was 61. They'd better get them all, down to the last one!
Romania? Do those idiots want to start a war with Russia? Russia is already ticked off about the anti-missile base we put there. They should pull those back to Britain or the US. We probably don’t need Tac-Air nukes right now as we would probably use a B-2 to drop them.
that isn’t happening.
ROMANIA!?
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