[jackpirate]

Technically they'd be under the NATO chain of command at that point. In practice, a rogue major could have easily launched one if he wanted to.

Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_sharing for more information.

[honestcoyote]

Thank you for the information. Very interesting article and different than how I had imagined the chain of command regarding nukes. I had always assumed it was US (or UK or France, depending on who owned the bombs) only.