U.S. Removes All Tactical A-Arms From Europe
NATO said Thursday that the United States has finished removing thousands of tactical nuclear weapons that it had stationed in Europe during the Cold War.
The announcement closed a chapter in the Cold War that began with a nuclear buildup in the early 1950s prompted by heightened East-West tensions.
In a brief statement, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said the United States had removed its land-based stockpile of nuclear artillery shells, short-range missiles and naval nuclear depth bombs.
The withdrawal involved 1,000 artillery warheads, 700 Lance missile warheads, 200 B-57 depth bombs and 500 tactical nuclear weapons, which were removed from ships.
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