The history of US nuclear weapons on UK soil

Donald Trump plans to turn the UK into a “potential nuclear launchpad” and put American nuclear missiles on British soil for the first time since 2008, said the Daily Mail.

The return of US nukes to these shores could prove controversial, as was their presence in the past, when they were a divisive and at times dangerous element.

When did they arrive?

US nuclear weapons were housed on UK soil for more than five decades, arriving initially at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, in September...