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**dott.Piergiorgio**

ha scritto:
And, yet, in the past the list of NATO allies that sat alert with
tactical nuclear weapons on small jets was pretty long:

Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Turkey, Greece, Italy, W. Germany,
France, UK...

Not to mention the Luftwaffe lot of Pershing MRBMs...

Somehow decisions on strategic defense were not made in the court of
public opinion, which is a good thing.

It was granted, no need for a debate back then. Yet as the notion of
proliferation creeps in, I bet a few European governments from the
list are getting nervous about the perspective of having to open a
public case, some day.

eh.... how to not forget about the bizarre nuke race between three
improbable countries named Italy, Yugoslavia and... *Switzerland* prior
of their ratification of the NPT ?

Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.