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Germany debates issue of nuclear weapons

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Up to 20 US nuclear weapons are stationed at a Bundeswehr airbase in Büchel in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

But President Donald Trump 's pivot away from Europe is weakening shared nuclear deterrence.

The "Two Plus Four Treaty" signed in 1990 after German reunification stipulated that Germany was not allowed to have its own nuclear weapons.

Germany 's prospective new chancellor has rejected such speculation.

French and British nuclear forces are geared towards national defense.

The United Kingdom is the only nuclear-armed state with only one type of nuclear weapon.

The number of nuclear bombs is not the decisive factor, according to security expert Sascha Hach .

He warned that other important defense measures might also disappear without the US .

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