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[[File:B61 in Weapons Storage and Security System.jpg|thumb|Weapons Storage and Security System vault in raised position holding a [[B61 nuclear bomb]]. The vault is within a [[Protective Aircraft Shelter]]]]
[[File:B61 nuclear bomb - inert training version.jpg|thumb|General [[Roger A. Brady|Roger Brady]] being shown a dummy nuclear weapon in a Weapons Storage and Security System at [[Volkel Air Base]]]]
'''Weapons Storage and Security System (WS3)''' is a system including electronic controls and vaults built into the floors of [[Protective Aircraft Shelter]]s (PAS) on several [[NATO]] [[military airfield]]s all over the world. These vaults are used for safe special weapons storage, typically of tactical [[B61 nuclear bomb]]s. Historically the system was also called within NATO the '''Weapon Security and Survivability System (WS3)'''<ref name=Nuclear-Matters>{{citation |url=http://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm/nmbook/appendices/ap_C.htm |title=Nuclear Matters: A Practical Guide - Appendix C |author=Office of the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters |date=2008 |publisher=Department of Defense |accessdate=2009-05-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116010239/http://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm/nmbook/appendices/ap_C.htm |archivedate=2009-01-16}}</ref><ref name=chronology>{{citation |url=http://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm/nuclearchronology5.html |title=Nuclear Chronology |author=Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Nuclear Matters |publisher=Department of Defense |accessdate=2008-06-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109191343/http://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm/nuclearchronology5.html |archivedate=2009-01-09}}</ref> or '''Weapons Survivability and Security System'''.<ref>{{citation|url=httphttps://hansardapi.millbanksystemsparliament.comuk/written_answershistoric-hansard/written-answers/1988/jun/07/weapons-storage-and-security|title=Weapons Storage and Security|publisherwork=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|date=7 June 1988|id=HC Deb vol 134 c547W|accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref>
 
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