‘Surety mission’: $50m airbase project could pave way for UK to host US nuclear weapons

Jargon for handling of nuclear warheads spotted in budget details about US air force dormitory at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk

The US air force has secured $50m (39m) funding next year for a project that could pave the way for American nuclear weapons to return to British soil for the first time in 15 years.

In justifying the expenditure on a 144-bed dormitory at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, the USAF told Congress the building was intended to house the increase in enlisted personnel as the result of the potential surety mission", which is jargon typically used by the Pentagon to refer to handling of nuclear weapons, according to experts.