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Nuclear umbrella
Nuclear umbrella
refers to a guarantee by a
nuclear weapons state
to defend a non-nuclear allied state. It is usually used for the
security alliances
of the
United States
with
Japan
,
South Korea
, the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(much of
Europe
,
Turkey
,
Canada
), and
Australia
, originating with the
Cold War
with the
Soviet Union
. For some countries it was an alternative to acquiring nuclear weapons themselves; other alternatives include regional
Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones
or
Nuclear Sharing
.
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