The infrastructure supporting NATO’s nuclear strike mission is shifting north to include significantly more active nuclear weapons storage shelters than in the southern part of the Alliance. The shift is visible on new satellite images showing the full extent of construction of security fencing around 22 nuclear-capable aircraft shelters at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, the home of the U.S. Air Force 48th Fighter Wing. The northern nuclear focus will increase further when the United Kingdom buys 12 U.S. F-35A fighter-bombers for deployment at RAF Marham as a new part of NATO’s dual-capable aircraft nuclear sharing mission, as announced in 2025. https://fas.org/publication/extent-of-new-construction-at-raf-lakenheath/