A senior US defence official just visited RAF Lakenheath
US deputy defence secretary Kathleen Hicks toured “infrastructure improvements” at RAF Lakenheath on Tuesday, another major indication that the Suffolk airbase is being primed for the return of US nuclear weapons. Hicks will spend two more days in the UK, where she is expected to hold meetings with British counterparts.
Among the “infrastructure improvements” at Lakenheath are plans to build a 144-bed “surety dormitory” for US Air Force personnel. In US military terminology, the word “surety” is used to refer to the handling of nuclear weapons.
CND has already challenged the planning rights used for the dormitory – which so far has not received an environmental impact assessment ahead of its planned construction next year. We believe that the construction of buildings for the purpose of a nuclear weapons mission poses an outstanding environmental risk