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.

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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    1 month 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.