US Air Force is playing deadly game of brinkmanship that could result in a nuclear conflict, according to one defence analyst.
One of the USAF’s nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress bombers can carry eight city-killing AGM-86B nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs) in its bomb bay.In August, six of them – a significant proportion of America’s entire bomber strike force – were relocated to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire for a series of unexplained patrols over eastern Europe.
While the specific payloads of those bombers remains undisclosed, between them there could potentially have been 48 variable-yield warheads causing minutes from Russia ’s borders.
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