Abstract
At the height of the Cold War NATO deployed some 7,300 “non-strategic” nuclear weapons in Europe. The vast bulk of these were US devices held under American custody only to be released with Presidential authority through a nationally tasked command and control system (C²) . Since the end of the Cold War, this stockpile has fallen to a suspected number between 440 and 480. This chapter describes where NATO Europe is now on this issue.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Europe Facing Nuclear Weapons Challenges |
| Editors | Grégory Boutherin |
| Publisher | Éditions Bruylant |
| Pages | 59-74 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-2802725626, 2802725629 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |