Russian Foreign Ministry: data on nuclear weapons in Britain raises the question of whether NATO is preparing for a strike. Reports of the possible deployment of US nuclearWeapons in Britain raise questions about whether this is an attempt to provide the means for a hypothetical “first strike” against Russia.

On January 26, the British newspaper The Telegraph, citing the Pentagon Papers, reported that the United States was planning to deploy nuclear Weapons in Great Britain for the first time in 15 years. According to the publication, the warheads are planned to be placed at the Royal Air Force Lakenheath airbase.