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US reportedly planning to station nuclear weapons in Britain for first time in 15 years
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THE UNITED STATES is reportedly planning to station nuclear warheads in Britain that are three times as powerful as 1945’s Hiroshima bomb.

Pentagon documents seen by the Telegraph indicate that the weapons could be stationed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, where the US previously stored nuclear missiles until 2008.

The papers show procurement contracts for a new facility at the air base.

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