Scenarios
Hypothetical

Model used: Basic

Japan Nuclear Weapons Program

Japan initiates a nuclear weapons development program, driven by growing concerns over China's military expansion in the Yellow Sea and South China Sea. The scenario envisions a complete development cycle, culminating in a deployable nuclear arsenal.

3 Pro-Nuclearizationvs164 Anti-Nuclearization|

Despite Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles, the United States secretly stored nuclear weapons on Japanese soil in Okinawa until the island's reversion in 1972, a political reality that required a secretly agreed-upon clause allowing the U.S. to reintroduce them in a crisis.

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