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The missiles will reportedly be stationed at RAF Lakenheath. |
Warheads three times as strong as the Hiroshima bomb would be located at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk under the proposals in case of potential war between Nato and Russia, the Telegraph reported.
The US previously placed nuclear missiles at RAF Lakenheath
and removed them in 2008.
A spokesperson of Ministry of Defence said: “It remains a
longstanding UK and Nato policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of
nuclear weapons at a given location.”
Calls have recently come from senior figures on both sides
of the Atlantic for the UK to be prepared in case of a potential war between
Nato forces and Russia.
According to Sky News, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said
in a speech last week that we are "moving from a post-war to pre-war
world" and the UK must ensure its "entire defence ecosystem is
ready" to defend its homeland.
Then earlier this week, General Sir Patrick Sanders, the
outgoing head of the British army, British citizens should be 'trained and
equipped' to fight in a potential war with Russia.
The general has warned members of the British public that they
may have to be called up to fight in the event of a war because the military is
too small.
In his speech at the International Armored Vehicles
conference in west London, he said the UK must urgently expand the size of the
army to around 120,000 within three years - up from around 74,000 now.
But he said "this is not enough" and training and
equipping a "citizen army" must follow.
Carlos Del Toro, the US navy secretary, has urged the UK to
“reassess” the size of its armed forces given “the threats that exist today”.
But Downing Street reportedly ruled out any move towards a
conscription model, saying that army service would remain voluntary.
NATO kicks off biggest military drills in decades
In the meantime Nato has begun its biggest military exercise
since the Cold War. The alliance says some 90,000 troops, 50 naval vessels and
80 aircraft are taking part in "Steadfast Defender 24" which kicked
off on January 24 and will run through May.
Russia has strongly reacted to Nato’s military drill. It's
Deputy FM Alexander Grushko sharply criticised the military exercises in an
interaction with the state RIA news agency in remarks published on Sunday. He said
the exercise marks an "irrevocable return" of NATO to Cold War
schemes.
"These exercises are another element of the hybrid war unleashed by the West against Russia," Grushko told RIA as quoted by news agency Reuters.
"An exercise of this scale ... marks the final and irrevocable return of NATO to the Cold War schemes, when the military planning process, resources and infrastructure are being prepared for confrontation with Russia," added Grushko.
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