Rigby5
Diamond Member
There were both strategic and tactical nukes in large numbers in Europe during the cold war.
"The total number of nuclear weapons based in Europe reached an all-time peak of 7,300 during the height of Cold War tensions in 1971. The 98% reduction to today’s stockpile reflects the end of Cold War hostilities as well as shifting American defense priorities."
Fact Sheet: U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Nuclear weapons owned by the United States have been deployed in Europe since the mid-1950s, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized their storage at allied North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bases on the continent for use against the Soviet Union. Though NATO officially declares...armscontrolcenter.org
I never said there were not a lot of nukes in Europe.
I said that not lot of countries had or wanted them, and they were never before so close to Russia.
It is putting them close to Russia that makes WWIII necessary if we keep trying to do that.