![In a few years, US Air Force C-17 aircraft will begin airlifting new B61-12 nuclear bombs into six air bases in five NATO countries, including Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands C-17 Globemaster III](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIFa5DJQZJN_202MXv8Iz2vJS2cDP7rNX5FnZSE7GK4tlNFyc0O0MPSYYCQqCD8Izpj1RcjVqqtd5nqv4gT8WHLq5oXYTCQJVSNG9vj-NT-xxfbCL9OhUd9OZbgLkvZIL0L7M/s200/C-17.jpg)
Dutch approval to introduce the enhanced bomb later this decade is controversial because the Dutch parliament wants the government to work for a withdrawal of nuclear weapons from the Netherlands and Europe. The Dutch government apparently supports a withdrawal.
Bram Stemerdink, who was Dutch defense minister in 1977 and deputy defense minister in 1973-1976 and 1981-1982, said that the Dutch government would have been consulted about the B61-12 capabilities. “Because we have those bombs at the moment. Was the Netherlands therefore consulted, yes,” Stemerdink reportedly said.
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