Article 6YTK5 Campaigners call for Keir Starmer to say if US nuclear weapons are back in UK

Campaigners call for Keir Starmer to say if US nuclear weapons are back in UK

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Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6YTK5)

CND and experts cite US air force transport flight thought to be carrying tactical bombs that landed at RAF base

Campaigners have called for Keir Starmer to tell parliament whether US nuclear weapons have returned to British soil after a distinctive US air force transport flight was spotted landing at RAF Lakenheath on Friday morning.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and several experts believe that it is highly likely that a number of US B61-12 gravity bombs were delivered to a US air force squadron last week, the first US nuclear deployment in the UK since 2008.

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