08-23-2017, 10:23 AM
(08-23-2017, 10:17 AM)David Horn Wrote:(08-23-2017, 03:30 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Japan threatened to revoke its agreements to not develop, buy, or use nuclear weapons in the event that the DPRK developed them. There was no complaint from either the Soviet Union or the PRC at the time. That was nearly thirty years ago, but I see little difference today.
If any country could develop an atom bomb quickly it would be Japan. That is the country against which atomic weapons were used.
My list only contained countries that have been identifies as having active nuclear programs. I suspect that Japan may already have nukes, because they very easily can. Testing is not needed if adequate computing power can be used in its place, and Japan has adequate materials and expertise to build bombs if they choose.
Excellent scientific community, plenty of economic resources, access to nuclear materials, and seeing itself under threat. The Soviet Union might have even been a wiling seller in its last years if North Korea were too blatant a threat.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.