Asia Treads the Nuclear Path, Unaware That Self-Assured Destruction Would Result from Nuclear War
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Asia Treads the Nuclear Path, Unaware That Self- Assured DestructionWould Result from Nuclear War
OF THE NINE COUNTRIES known to have nuclear weapons, six are located in Asia and another, the United States, borders the Pacific Ocean. Russia and China were the first Asian nations with nuclear weapons, followed by Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea. Most of the world’s nuclear powers are reducing their arsenals or maintaining them at historic levels, but several of those in Asia—India, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Asian Studies
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0021-9118,1752-0401
DOI: 10.1017/s0021911817000080