The US has stationed nuclear weapons in Britain for the first time in 17 years, according to the Times.
The newspaper reported a transport plane was tracked on a ten hour journey from the US Air Force’s main nuclear storage site in New Mexico to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.
Analysts said that the route looked like a “one-way drop-off” and meant that it was likely that the UK was hosting US nuclear weapons for the first time since 2008. Neither the US nor the UK has commented on the matter.
Technology, security and intelligence expert Dr Sidharth Kaushal told ITV News the move is "significant".
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