U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe

NRDC's nuclear team pieced together evidence demonstrating that the United States is still deploying 480 nuclear weapons in Europe. Until now, most observers believed there were no more than half that many. The continuing presence of these weapons irritates relations with Russia, undermines global efforts to dissuade other nations from developing nuclear weapons, and impedes NATO's post-Cold War evolution.

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