Disinfo: The US is ready to transfer 50 atomic bombs from Turkey to the Aviano base in Italy

Summary

Within NATO, Turkey is increasingly seen as an unreliable member of the Alliance. This is why the US is ready to transfer 50 atomic bombs from Turkey to the Aviano base in Italy. It looks increasingly likely that NATO will transfer 50 nuclear warheads from the Incirlik military base in Turkey to the US Armed Forces base in Aviano. As a result, Aviano would become the biggest deposit of nuclear weapons in Europe.

Disproof

No evidence. The information has been denied by Italy’s Ministry of Defence. The Italian Ministry of Defence issued a statement that the news that has been circulating for several days regarding the transfer of nuclear weapons from Turkey to Italy is “totally baseless” and underlined that every aspect related to nuclear posture within NATO is discussed collectively among all member countries.

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  • Reported in: Issue 179
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 30/12/2019
  • Outlet language(s) Italian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Italy, Turkey, US
  • Keywords: Winter War, Nuclear issues, NATO
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