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- Concept
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- Nuclear
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- Politics
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category: "Nuclear Concept"
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summary: "Nuclear proliferation refers to the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as 'nuclear weapon states' by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty."
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Nuclear proliferation refers to the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as "nuclear weapon states" by the [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty|NPT]]. The [[United States]] government, particularly under President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], publicly opposed nuclear proliferation. However, the bureaucracy often mirrored the ambivalence and hypocrisy at the top of the American government regarding a nuclear-armed [[Israel]], pretending that American inspections amounted to proof that [[Israel]] was not building the bomb.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 11. |