Germany to be a Nuclear Ash Heap?
On September 21, German national
TV channel ZDF reported that the US will station 20 next-generation
advanced nuclear bombs of Type B 61-12 at the German Bundeswehr airstrip
and special weapons storage depot at Büchel in Rhineland-Pfalz, a
radioactive stone’s throw from where this author resides. This US
deployment is no minor affair as it brings the likelihood of nuclear war
by miscalculation between the United States and Russia one giant step
closer and it makes the German Republic a direct high-priority target in
any such escalation. Ashton “Ash” Carter and the war-hawks running the
US Defense Department appear to be losing all contact with reality.
The newest US nuclear bomb model, B
61-12, though advertised by the Pentagon as a mere modernized
life-extended version of the standard strategic US nuclear bomb in
operation since 1966, is, according to Hans M. Kristensen
61-12, though advertised by the Pentagon as a mere modernized
life-extended version of the standard strategic US nuclear bomb in
operation since 1966, is, according to Hans M. Kristensen
Director, Nuclear Information Project at
the Federation of American Scientists, a “new nuclear bomb type that is
not currently in the nuclear stockpile, with vastly improved military
capabilities. It is the most expensive nuclear bomb project ever; many
costs are still unknown.”
the Federation of American Scientists, a “new nuclear bomb type that is
not currently in the nuclear stockpile, with vastly improved military
capabilities. It is the most expensive nuclear bomb project ever; many
costs are still unknown.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry immediately
expressed concern about the upgraded US nuclear deployment plans in
Germany, saying this would also violate the 1970 nuclear
non-proliferation treaty, ratified by more than 190 states. Dmitry
Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, told the media that the US nuclear
move would “lead to destroying the present strategic balance in Europe”
and force Russia to take actions, yet unspecified, to restore that
strategic balance in order to guarantee Russian national security.
expressed concern about the upgraded US nuclear deployment plans in
Germany, saying this would also violate the 1970 nuclear
non-proliferation treaty, ratified by more than 190 states. Dmitry
Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, told the media that the US nuclear
move would “lead to destroying the present strategic balance in Europe”
and force Russia to take actions, yet unspecified, to restore that
strategic balance in order to guarantee Russian national security.
