Weapon Storage Security System (WS3)
- Weapon Storage Security System (WS3)
Weapon Storage Security System (WS3) is a marking for the vaults built into the floors of Protective Aircraft Shelters (PAS) on several United States and NATO military airfields all over the world. These vaults are used for a safe special weapons storage, typically of tactical B61 nuclear bombs. Historically the system was also called Weapon Security and Survivability System (WS3). [
* [http://www.motherearth.org/nuke/info3.php Nuclear Information: US nuclear weapons in Europe] , Friends of the Earth, Flanders & Brussels
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