After weeks of speculation about the security of US tactical nuclear weapons inside Turkey's Incirlik Air Base, reports are emerging that the US is in the process of moving the weapons to Deveselu, in Romania.

The Romanian Foreign Ministry has "strongly denied" that this was the case, while the US Air Force refused to make specific comments on the matter, saying it was "speculation." The reports broke at Euractiv, which only mentioned "more than 20" weapons. Previous reports have suggested the US had as many as 50 weapons there.

A report earlier this week cautioned that the weapons are at risk of seizure so long as they remain in Turkey, just 70 miles from the Syrian border.