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| has gloss | eng: 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. |
| lexicalization | eng: nuclear umbrella |
| instance of | (noun) a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction atomic weapon, nuclear weapon |
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| Korean | |
| has gloss | kor: 핵우산(核雨傘, nuclear umbrella)은 핵무기 보유국가에 의하여 국가의 안전보장을 도모하는 것이다. |
| lexicalization | kor: 핵우산 |
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| has gloss | zho: 核保护伞(Nuclear Umbrella)是美国向其盟友国家(如韓國、日本、澳大利亞、紐西蘭與北大西洋公約組織成員等)所作出的一种保护承诺。如果其盟国受到危险攻击的处境下,美国可使用自己的核武进攻有意图的国家。意即該盟國受到攻擊時,也等同於本國受到攻擊。 |
| lexicalization | zho: 核保护伞 |
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