Earlier this month, the parliament of Finland, the newest member of NATO, voted to change its laws to allow nuclear weapons to be deployed on its soil; Finnish defense minister Antti Häkkänen declared via X, “the amendment to the Nuclear Energy Act was confirmed today at the presentation of the President of the Republic. The act will enter into force on 1.7.2026. [July 1]. A historic reform of security policy, with which we strengthen the security of Finland and NATO.”

There are no formal plans to deploy U.S. nuclear weapons on Finnish territory, and Finnish president Alexander Stubb said Finland does not expect to host any other country’s nuclear weapons in peacetime. (Approximately 100 U.S. nuclear warheads are stored across five NATO nations, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Turkey.)

But the change at least makes it theoretically possible that........

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