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RAF Lakenheath: Nuclear Weapons

Asked by Dave DooganScottish National PartyMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 24 April 2025UIN 45840

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether US-owned nuclear weapons are permitted to be stationed at RAF Lakenheath.

Answered by Luke Pollard

It remains longstanding UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at any given location.

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