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[[Image:703MUNSS061108.jpg|thumb|right|General [[Roger Brady]] being shown a dummy nuclear weapon in a Weapon Storage Security System at [[Volkel Air Base]]]]

'''Weapon Storage and Security System (WS3)''' is a system including electronic controls and vaults built into the floors of [[Hardened Aircraft Shelters|Protective Aircraft Shelters]] (PAS) on several [[United States]] and [[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 in NATO also called 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 edition|publisher=Department of Defense|accessdate=2009-05-23}}</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}}</ref> or '''Weapons Survivability and Security System'''.<ref>{{citation|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1988/jun/07/weapons-storage-and-security|title=Weapons Storage and Security|publisher=Hansard|date=7 June 1988|id=HC Deb vol 134 c547W|accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref> It is imperative that these areas remain secure with the growing threat to our home front. These secure areas allow us to protect these devastating weapons and ensure that they remain safe and secure.

==History==