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NATO upgrades US nuclear weapons storage facilities in Europe — General Staff

The chief of the General Staff reiterated that Russia is determined to maintain dialogue with NATO on security issues

MOSCOW, December 6. /TASS/. NATO keeps increasing military presence in Eastern Europe by enlarging capacities of port and airfield infrastructure, upgrading delivery vehicles and storage facilities of US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, Russian First Deputy Defense Minister General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff, said at an annual briefing for foreign military attaches on Wednesday.

"That is how the North Atlantic Alliance carries on with its policy aimed at increasing military presence in Eastern Europe. Capacities of port and aerodrome infrastructure are enlarging. Delivery vehicles and storage facilities of US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe are being upgraded," Gerasimov said.