the German military were very ager to get the Bomb.
consider in that time as ultimate (nuclear) deterrence against a soviet invasion.
What make me worry is that Franz Joseph Strauß advisors propagate for strike first policy.
means in a crisis like Berlin Wall and Cuba missile crisis
the Bundeswehr would make a preventive nuclear attack on Soviet base in Communist Germany...
the US was not happy about it, after advice of Henry Kissinger, President Kennedy gave order,
to secure austere the US Nuclear bomb depot's in Germany, against attack of the Bundeswehr !
here the story in german (use Google translator)
http://einestages.spiegel.de/s/tb/26801/kalter-krieg-als-die-us-armee-gegen-strauss-mobilmachte.html
So had the Bundeswehr nuclear weapons in 1960, the world today would still recover from nuclear World War 3
consider in that time as ultimate (nuclear) deterrence against a soviet invasion.
What make me worry is that Franz Joseph Strauß advisors propagate for strike first policy.
means in a crisis like Berlin Wall and Cuba missile crisis
the Bundeswehr would make a preventive nuclear attack on Soviet base in Communist Germany...
the US was not happy about it, after advice of Henry Kissinger, President Kennedy gave order,
to secure austere the US Nuclear bomb depot's in Germany, against attack of the Bundeswehr !
here the story in german (use Google translator)
http://einestages.spiegel.de/s/tb/26801/kalter-krieg-als-die-us-armee-gegen-strauss-mobilmachte.html
So had the Bundeswehr nuclear weapons in 1960, the world today would still recover from nuclear World War 3