It is claimed the US is moving stock of nuclear weapons from Turkey to Romania over fears terrorists could
gain access to them.
Around 50 US nuclear weapons are stored in Incirlik air base in southern Turkey.
But sources said the terror threat and worsening relations between Washington and Ankara means the nukes will be moved the Deveselu air base in Romania.
The source said: “It’s not easy to move 20 plus nukes.”
And another source added relations between the two governments have “deteriorated so much following the coup that Washington no longer trusted Ankara to host the weapons”.
The shock claims come after a report by the Stimson Centre warned the stash of nuclear missiles could fall into the hands of terrorists such as Islamic State.
The report said: “Whether the US could have maintained control of the weapons in the event of a protracted
civil conflict in Turkey is an unanswerable question.”
And Laicie Heely, the report’s author, added:
“From a security point of view, it’s a roll of the dice to continue to have approximately 50 of America’s nuclear weapons stationed at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey.”
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