Finland to allow NATO to deploy nuclear weapons in its territory

Finland will allow the deployment of nuclear weapons on its border with Russia if the country's application for NATO membership is approved. Newsweek magazine informs about it. At that, there are no restrictions on deployment of bases of the alliance in the country as well, the authors of the material stress.

According to the Federation of American scientists, around 100 nuclear warheads of the US are already located in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey. France and the UK have their own nuclear arsenals.

NATO expansion

At the same time, Finland and Sweden`s application to join the North Atlantic Alliance has already been approved by parliaments of 28 out of 30 member countries. Turkey and Hungary have not yet agreed to join.