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Originally Posted by Mohoender
That's why I like to know more. Do you know anything on the storage procedures. For Turkey, I think I have read that 1/3 of the nukes stationed in Turkey were to be used by the Turkish air force.
Where they stored with these directly used by US? Under US guard or Turkish guard?...
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All NUKES on NATO soil, except for France and UK, were under custodial care of the US. The weapons belonged to the US. Access to them was controlled by the US. A team of custodians were at each storage site. IIRC in Germany, the sites where 'German' Nukes were stored were guarded by the BW. At the US APS they were guarded by a company of MP (Security). I think the nukes in Turkey were under USAF control, perhaps some Turkish guards???, but the release was US.
Same way in other places around the world where the US had nuclear weapons for use by host nations in last ditch operations. [or so I have been told
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