USA: Nuclear Weapons

(asked on 10th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether US nuclear weapons based in the UK are under the sole command of US military authorities.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 17th October 2025

It remains longstanding UK, US and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at any location. US nuclear weapons forward-deployed in Europe remain under US custody and control, in full compliance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

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