Italian Army stocks of W33 and W79 nuclear artillery shells and W70 nuclear weapons were held by the 3rd Missile Brigade Aquileia based in the town of Portogruaro in northeastern Italy.
The nuclear artillery weapons were stored in four depots in Codognè, Oderzo, Longare and Udine and administered by the US Amy 559th Artillery Group, but they were guarded by the brigades four infantry companies. US airborne troops were located at nearby Vincenza, but I don't think the US would have had enough ground units in Italy to extract these nuclear weapons safely.
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12-05-2016, 01:29 PM
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