I think Furunc is right in that, in terms of process, logistics, doctrine, etc. a nuclear program is higher on the, eh, tech tree than basic terrestrial military capacity.

Fragony, at risk of being taken as silly again, should be more careful and stress that Dutch and Belgian nuclear weapons are just American nuclear weapons deployed on their territory. We used to (?) have nukes in Japan and Korea as well.

Husar, that NYT article is novella-length, have you really read it?

By the way, I found the original Welt article.