The Büchel air base in south-west Germany: The US Air Force has around 20 nuclear bombs stationed there. Photo from Spiegel OnlineFrom Time Magazine:
Germany's new coalition government put the finishing touches to its policy program this weekend, promising moderate tax cuts to help support the economy, a reduction in the length of compulsory military service, and the continued operation of the nation's aging nuclear power plants. No big surprises there. But one detail could have interesting international repercussions: the man designated to be foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, is pushing for the U.S. to remove its remaining nuclear weapons from German soil.
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My Comment: Will these nuclear weapons be taken away .... my guess is that they will be gone very soon. Expect an announcement within the year that a phase program of withdrawing U.S. nuclear weapons from Germany will be implemented.
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