The thermonuclear bomb, which is 3.53 meters long and weighs 320 kilograms, is considered as one of the most strategic weapons of the US.
About 10 to 20 of the
bombs were stored at Turkey’s Balikesir and Ekinci airbases before they were
transferred to Incirlik, the report said.
Turkey is also home to
a controversial NATO radar base manned by US forces, which is part of a larger
US-led missile system.
The missile system
became operational in Turkey’s eastern province of Malatya in early 2012.
Some leading Turkish
politicians and lawmakers have cautioned that the system will not be beneficial
to Turkey and will only serve the interests of the Israeli regime.
The stationing of the
US-sponsored radar system in Turkey was hailed by American officials as the
most significant military cooperation between Washington and Ankara since 2003,
when Turkey refused to allow a US armored division to cross Turkish territory
to join the military invasion of Iraq from the north.
ASH/HSN
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