by James R. Holmes
Conventional
wisdom holds that Japan is what nonproliferation specialists call a
"threshold" nuclear weapon state — a country that could stage a nuclear
breakout virtually overnight should its electorate and leadership
resolve to do so. Estimates commonly bandied about run from six months
to a year. Toshi Yoshihara and I take aim at such assumptions in
Strategy in the Second Nuclear Age. Japanese bombmakers
might manage a crude device within that timeframe, but that's a far cry from a weapon ready for battlefield use.
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