Washington, White House...

After breakfast, Frederick went to the Oval Study, and Leslie and others arrived one after another.

As the leader of the country, Zhao Rundong had to consider the situation a little more dangerous and imagine the enemy a little more powerfully. In fact, the United States is in a very embarrassing situation when it comes to Japan's nuclear weapons development.

As early as 2020, the United States knew that Japan was secretly developing nuclear weapons.

At that time, a very shocking "intelligence security incident" occurred. A Japanese spy who had been lurking in the United States for nearly 30 years was recruited by the Alamos Laboratory and stole a large amount of top-secret information, including the miniaturization technology of nuclear weapons. By the time the US intelligence agencies reacted, the Japanese spy had already flew back to Tokyo. The US government did not announce the incident, and in order to keep it confidential, the involved CIA personnel were "spread" to Alaska to guard the radar station. However, there was no airtight wall in the world. N reported it in early August, almost causing Frederick to lose the election.

How much top-secret information has been stolen by Japanese spies, Cia has not yet been able to investigate clearly.

One thing is certain that Japanese spies stole top-secret information related to the miniaturization of nuclear weapons, because Alamos Laboratory is the only scientific research institution in the United States that has mastered the miniaturization of nuclear weapons, and Japanese spies are also engineers engaged in nuclear weapons.

Knowing that Japan is engaged in nuclear weapons is different from restricting Japan from developing nuclear weapons.

There are two voices within the US government regarding this issue.

Members of the "hawkish" cabinet led by Berkeley believe that Japan's nuclear weapons pose little threat to the United States, but instead can restrain China, tame South Korea, advocate adopting a "indulgent policy" to allow Japan to have a certain number of nuclear weapons, but are not enough to safeguard national strategic security.

Members of the "realistic" cabinet headed by Leslie believe that Japan's nuclear weapons are very harmful to the United States. It will break the strategic balance of the Western Pacific region and force China to adopt a more extreme defense policy, alienate South Korea from the United States, leading the United States to become the biggest loser. It advocates the adoption of a "restrictive policy". Japan is strictly prohibited from developing nuclear weapons.

The two factions had a very fierce debate among cabinet members. Even the leaders of the Congress participated.

Frederick supports Leslie's view, believing that Japan's development of nuclear weapons is very harmful.

The problem is that the United States can take very limited "restrictive" measures.

After the East China Sea War, the military government came to power. Japan's relations with the United States went further and further. In fact, no matter whether the military government was in power or not, the United States adopted a "waiting and watching attitude" in the East China Sea War and did not give Japan full support. Therefore, the Japanese government where he came to power would definitely alienate the United States.

Japan is not a small country without strength.

Before the outbreak of the East China Sea War, Japan already had the national defense strength in the Asia-Pacific region second only to China, and had the economic strength of the third place in the world. In addition to not having the strategic deterrence of a nuclear power, Japan has all the necessary conditions for a world-class power. Although the East China Sea War suffered heavy blows from Japan, with Japan's national strength, it can restore its national defense strength within a few years.

The subsequent global financial crisis, economic crisis and Great Depression further widened the distance between the United States and Japan.

Before Sadashi Murakami came to power, the Japanese Prime Minister in the Mainland, including Kazuo Kanno, placed his hope for national recovery on the United States. Although his approach was different, Kazuo Kanno supported Japanese companies to dump goods into the United States by subsidizing land, and paid WB debts to preserve the Japanese economic foundation by over-issuing currency. The successor Hiroki Takato mainly supported Japanese companies to cooperate with American companies and "invade" the US market through joint operations. However, the two people's land had the same purpose. They used the huge US consumer market to help Japanese companies get out of their predicament and help Japanese economy recover.

Japan's "economic robbery" policy made the United States very disgusted and seriously violated American interest groups.

When the trade war broke out, the only thing the United States has to deal with was Japanese companies and commodities, in addition to focusing on cracking down on Chinese companies and commodities.

By early 20119, when Sadashi Murakami came to power, the scale of the US-Japan trade war exceeded that of the US-China trade war!

The fierce trade war has brought U.S.-Japan relations backwards.

If it weren't for the outbreak of the "South Central Storm" and the United States and Japan once again found their "common interests", the United States and Japan were likely to split up when Satoshi Murakami adopted a more radical trade policy.

In order to allow Japan to restrain China, the United States had to make concessions.

It is no exaggeration to describe the United States' policy towards Japan as "helping evil" and "raising tigers to be troubled".

Although the worst consequences have not yet been revealed, Frederick already feels "creepy". Japan is taking too fast and too fast, and has lost control. For the United States, Japan that has lost control is not only not an "alliance" but also a "scoundrel".

Faced with the "increasingly strong" Japan, both Frederick and Leslie, they feel helpless.

Japan at this time was no longer the one before 20166.

With five years of rapid "development", Japan's conventional military strength has exceeded the level before the East China Sea War.

In 2c177, during the reign of Kazuno, Japan started to build two medium-sized aircraft carriers at the same time. Although the construction plan for two large aircraft carriers was cancelled during the reign of Hiroki Takato, the construction plan for two large aircraft carriers was cancelled, but

The aircraft carrier will be in service in 20211. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese Navy exceeds that of the three major aircraft carriers, which can only be put into service in 2022 at the fastest), and has become the most powerful navy in the Western Pacific region.

By the end of 2020, the Japanese Air Force had various advanced combat aircraft racks, early warning aircraft, and tanker 8. In the Western Pacific region, its overall combat capability was second only to the Chinese Air Force; the size of the Japanese Army expanded from 370,000 to 550,000, with more than 2,000 main battle tanks, more than 3,000 armored combat vehicles, 2,200~more than self-propelled artillery, and more than 800~more than rocket launchers. The overall combat capability is still second only to the Chinese Army.

Japan's rapid expansion of its military force not only forced China to speed up its weapons and equipment update plan, but also made other countries restless.

Not to mention North Korea, since 20177, South Korea has been asking the United States to limit Japan's military expansion speed and has repeatedly protested against the United States' selling of military technology and weapons to Japan. In 20199, South Korean President Park Tae-hyun even released a rumor, claiming that if the United States continues to provide military aid to Japan, it will expel all US troops stationed in South Korea.

Japan's development of conventional arms has caused strong protests from South Korea. Can South Korea still sit still when Japan develops nuclear weapons?

At the end of 2020, CIA received information and South Korea launched a nuclear weapon development plan.

Although South Korea's national strength and technical strength are not as good as Japan, as a "big power" in the Asia-Pacific region, South Korea has the ability to independently develop nuclear weapons. As early as the 1960s, when Park Chung-hee was president, South Korea secretly developed nuclear weapons, but in the end, because of Park Chung-hee's assassination, the political situation was turbulent and he was unable to "persist" it.

As long as Japan announces its successful development of nuclear weapons, South Korea will definitely build the first atomic bomb as quickly as possible.

By reaching this point, the United States' influence and foundation in the Western Pacific will be gone.

Forced to evacuate from the Asia-Pacific region is still a secondary issue. Will Japan use nuclear weapons, will China launch a preemptive strategic strike, will South Korea have the idea of ​​unifying North Korea by force because of the development of nuclear weapons, and will Northeast Asia's nuclear arms drag Russia into the water?

Any of these problems can make the United States a "victim".

It is precisely because Frederick and Leslie believe that Japan should strictly restrict its development of nuclear weapons.

The problem is, it's not easy.

The Great Depression made trade sanctions and economic sanctions useless; for Japan, which has not achieved "major power status", the effect of diplomatic sanctions is minimal; Japan has mastered enough military technology, and the effect of military sanctions is not ideal; countries around the world are dumping goods, and it is difficult to restrict Japan from materials and materials; Japan is determined to develop nuclear weapons, and the United States' threat to disband the alliance will only accelerate the development of nuclear weapons.

Almost all the solutions that can be imagined have no effect on Japan.

In private, Frederick "blamed" China, believing that if China had not done "too extreme" in the East China Sea War, forcing Japan to a dead end and leading to domestic unrest in Japan and the military government took the opportunity to take office, Japan would not have taken the path it is now.

On the other hand, the responsibility lies entirely with the United States. If the United States had not wanted to limit China and prevent China from rising, China would not have used all its strength in the East China Sea War, nor would it even break out. Japan would at most be a vassal of the United States and would not have become a "scoundrel" that poses a serious threat to China and the United States.

There is no regret medicine in the world, and no one can save it.

The problem facing Frederick is very serious. On the 211th, the Japanese government announced its electricity consumption in May, an increase of 12% month-on-month, and the actual growth after deducting industrial added value is likely to exceed 7%. With such a large "gap", the only reasonable explanation is that Japan has accelerated the production speed of concentration and concentration.

According to the information provided by Cia~, it is entirely possible for Japan to create the first batch of nuclear warheads within the year.

Evidence of electricity has been released. Since the end of last year, Japan has carried out large-scale expansion projects on Nanto Island on the grounds of "studying marine birds" and built many buildings with unknown uses. According to Cia's estimates, Japan is likely to conduct underground nuclear tests on Nanto Island.

Although the United States has the ability to prevent Japan from transporting the atomic bomb to Nanto Island, with Japan's scientific and technological strength, even if it does not conduct nuclear tests, it can create 20,000 to 50,000 tons of nuclear warheads based on the data obtained from computer simulated nuclear tests. The carrier tools are not a problem. Japan can create the first batch of ballistic missiles within half a month.

The problem is very serious, but the US cabinet has failed to reach an agreement.

After a morning of discussion, there were disputes and disputes. In the end, Frederick had to announce another time to discuss countermeasures.

After Berkeley and others left, Frederick asked the secretary to keep Leslie.

If decisive decisions are needed, Frederick trusts Leslie more.

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