UK military vaults upgraded to store new US nuclear weapons

A US 2023 budget request shows the UK is one of several European countries where investment is under way at special weapons' storage sites

Military bunkers in the UK are being upgraded so they can be used to store US nuclear weapons again after 14 years of standing empty, according to US defence budget documents.

In the Biden administration's 2023 defence budget request, the UK was added to the list of countries where infrastructure investment is under way at special weapons" storage sites, alongside Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey - all countries where the US stores an estimated 100 B61 nuclear bombs.