[Iran Press TV Latest] A senior Turkish diplomat says the United States has stored tactical nuclear weapons in Istanbul.
Yeah. I was there once. I wuz smoking my pipe right there in the middle of the nuke stash and they about had a fit, accused me of trying to blow up the Bosporus.
| It's that special Turkish tobacco. Much stronger than what's smoked in America. |
Former Turkish defense ministry adviser and retired ambassador to Washington, Taner Baytok asserted that nearly 100 tactical nuclear weapons were stored, "not at the US Incirlik Base in Adana", but in Istanbul, the most populated city of the country, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
"And you know how often them nucular weapons pop without warning! 'Specially the tactical ones!"
| I find it hard to believe we would store nuclear bombs in Turkey, let alone in the middle of the nation's capitol. |
He said some of these weapons are in other cities near the Black Sea. "Twelve million people are living on nuclear warheads in Istanbul... Those weapons must be taken out of Turkey," he added.
According to Baytok, tactical weapons, which are fired with a double-key system, were placed during the Cold War. The weapons would be fired to the satellites of the former Soviet Union as they are attached to faster missiles with shorter ranges, said Baytok. "One of the keys is in the US and the other in the host country, in this case Turkey," the former ambassador added.
Based on a former report published by The Times nearly 50% of US nuclear weapons in NATO member countries can be located in Turkey.
| Is The Times quite, quite certain about their source for this information? |
Based on the report, US President Barack Obama will remove all nuclear arsenals out of the NATO member states, including Turkey.
| That, actually, is a good idea on general principles, even if Turkey weren't turning into a despicable little weasel of a Islamist country. Besides, our missiles are much better than they were during the Cold War. |
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