When conventional forces shrink, they resort to nuclear weapons; this security guarantee sounds like maxing out a credit card to pay a mortgage.

According to the Financial Times of the UK, the United States is discussing deploying nuclear weapons in more NATO European countries to demonstrate security guarantees to allies amid the reduction of conventional forces. If additional deployments are made beyond the current six countries equipped with nuclear-capable bombers, it will promote the deployment of "dual-capable aircraft" to achieve nuclear strike capability. Eastern flank countries such as Poland and the Baltic states have expressed interest in the plan, but related agreements are unlikely to be reached in the short term.