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NATO non-nuclear weapon state sharing US nuclear weapons.

1. Arsenal Size:
   20 U.S. non-strategic gravity B-61 warheads at the Buchel Air Base.
   Reliable documents indicate that estimated 130 U.S. nuclear weapons at the Ramstein Air Base appear to have been removed in July 2007.
   Reliable documents indicate that estimated 130 U.S. nuclear weapons at the Ramstein Air Base appear to have been removed in July 2007.
2. Weapons System:
   Non strategic warheads: B-61-3, B-61-4, B-61-10.
   Delivery Aircraft: US F-16C/D, Tornado bomber aircraft.
3. Destructive Power:
   B-61-3: maximum yield of 170 Kilotons.
   B-61-4: 45 Kilotons.
   B-61-10: 80 Kilotons.
4. Nuclear Weapons Policies:
   1999 NATO Strategic Concept confirms commitment to deploying nuclear weapons in Europe to maintain the "minimum level sufficient to preserve peace and stability."
   2005 NATO reaffirmed continued deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe.
   2005 The German government announced it will consider demands made by local politicians to discuss the withdrawal of nuclear weapons.

   Withdrawal of 130 U.S. nuclear weapons from the Ramstein Air Base which reduced the number of US nuclear weapons in Germany to only 20, indicates its support for the complete withdrawal of U.S. nuclear weapons from the country.

   Treaty Commitments:
   State party to the NPT, PTBT, and CTBT.
   

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This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. Copyright © 2007 by MIIS.

 

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