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The challenge is to get as many nations as possible nuclear weapons. Maybe Portugal pulls out of Angola and Mozambique later, and so the governments that take their place are meaner, causing South Africa to feel more paranoid about invasion by those countries, along with Zimbabwe and a revolt of the blacks, prompting them to continue their nuclear program? Maybe Sweden decides that, though they're a neutral power, they need the means to defend themselvesand continue their program? Maybe a weak president in the 1990s, plus the dissolution of NATO means that Kim Jong Il decides that he can afford to pursue a program of his own earlier than OTL, leading to South Korea and Japan deciding that the US's nuclear umbrella isn't enough, so they both pursue programs? Discuss.
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