US accelerates plan to send upgraded nuclear weapons to Europe as Russia continues to threaten Ukraine: report
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The United States will be sending nuclear weapons to NATO bases in Europe ahead of its previous expected timeline. The new gravity bombs will now arrive this year.
Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder told the outlet the "modernization of US B61 nuclear weapons has been underway for years and plans to safely and responsibly swap out older weapons for the upgraded B61-12 versions is part of a long-planned and scheduled modernization effort."
"It is in no way linked to current events in Ukraine and was not sped up in any way," he said of the process, but not the accelerated timeline.
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