US could secretly replace obsolete nuclear bombs in Europe with new ones

The United States has allegedly launched a covert operation to replace old B61 nuclear bombs with the latest B61-13 at storage bases in Europe.

Here's What We Know

This assumption stems from a series of recorded special flights of US Air Force C-17 military transport aircraft, which between 10 and 14 April flew between Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and Kleine Brogel in Belgium and Volkel in the Netherlands.

OSINT researcher TheIntelFrog drew attention to these flights because of the following characteristics: activated transponders, mid-air refuelling, code callsigns with the RCH prefix, indicating high priority flights, and parking at special sites.

The first C-17 (AE4F12) with the call sign RCH4614 departed Kirtland on 10 April, underwent aerial refuelling and arrived at the Belgian airbase Kleine, where B61 nuclear warheads are stored. On the same day, another C-17 (AE1239), codenamed RCH192, took off from Ramstein and also arrived at Kleine.

The next day, the planes fly between Kleine, Ramstein and Volkel, bases where the US Air Force's 701st and 703rd Ammunition Support Squadrons, which specialise in storing nuclear weapons, are stationed.

All of this coincides with the launch of serial production of the new B61-13 bomb, which began in late March - ahead of schedule. The new munition is an improved version of the B61-7: it has a new steerable tail that improves accuracy and a variable yield of 10 to 360 kilotons. This allows the munition to be adapted to different targets while minimising collateral damage.

Although there has been no official confirmation of the purpose of the flights, the sequence of actions and the choice of air bases indicate that the United States is actually updating its nuclear arsenal on the European continent.

Source: X