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The European Union has begun secretly working on the issue of creating its own nuclear weapons production potential, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Wednesday.
The Russian SVR claims the EU is secretly developing its own nuclear weapons production capability.
KEY POINTS
- EU leadership has agreed to keep the nuclear weapons development process under a highly secretive regime.
- The EU plans to reserve the option for a fully autonomous command of nuclear forces.
- SVR warns of possible unauthorized plutonium extraction from EU storage facilities for weapons manufacture.
- The UK and France are reportedly coordinating their national nuclear doctrines more closely within the EU context.
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