cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/54576516
The decision comes shortly after lawmakers in Finland, another NATO member that shares a border with Russia, voted to lift its longstanding ban on nuclear weapons.
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The Financial Times reported last month, citing three unnamed sources briefed on discussions, that the U.S. was in talks to secure new nuclear-capable deployments in Europe.
The report said countries on NATO’s eastern flank, such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, were interested in potentially hosting bases for so-called U.S. dual-capable aircraft (DCA), which are able to deliver nuclear strikes.
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Though it’s probably more strategic to acquire nukes first and then tell the world you’ve changed your stance on it. Though I suppose with all the spying, the big ones probably already knew.
There goes the great filter.