I was in a Pershing Battery in Germany. Rounds on quick reaction status were rigged with shape charges to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorists. Germany had a Pershing Battery. The were not issued warheads, which were kept just across the border in the Netherlands, under U.S. custody, but could be released in the event of war.
I am mortally certain that the rounds in Turkey have provision for destruction to prevent comprise.
Blow up warhead plutonium enough to make it unrecoverable: “America exploded a deadly dirty bomb in Turkey!”
Blow up plutonium NOT enough to make it unrecoverable: “America allowed nuclear weapons material to fall into Turkish hands.”
Explain to me where you draw the line.
The plutonium is the prize, nothing else.