Bangladesh, Feb. 12 -- Secrecy is a kind of silence, but sometimes silence speaks volumes: over the past year, Londons growing reluctance to disclose details about the US military presence on British soil has fueled renewed suspicion that Washington may be quietly deploying or storing nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom. This has been speculated for some time now, but recent developments add fuel to the fire, so to speak. The timing is interesting: the lack of transparency surrounding US bases in Britain coincides with a broader NATO nuclear reconfiguration, a confused European security debate, and a transatlantic relationship under unprecedented strain.

A recent investigative report revealed that the UK government has increasingly cla...