WASHINGTON -- Calls for American allies to take greater roles in projecting U.S. deterrence capabilities amid the mounting security threats posed by China and North Korea's nuclear arsenals will test Japan's long opposition to hosting nuclear weapons.
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American ballistic missile submarines are one part of the nuclear triad along with land-launched missiles and strategic aircraft carrying nuclear bombs and missiles. (Handout photo from the U.S. Navy) © Reuters
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