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The United States has deployed an aircraft in Greenland to control nuclear submarines
(www.newsweek.com)
The United States has deployed a Boeing E-6B Mercury aircraft in Greenland, an aerial command post for communications and control of nuclear submarines with nuclear weapons, Newsweek reports. According to the US Navy, its presence is associated with planned operations and exercises in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Pentagon stressed that the Navy's strategic forces operate globally in coordination with allies, including operations in the Far North.