Multilateral nuclear force

...With the increase in the Soviet Union's nuclear forces, the strategy of massive retaliation began to be reviewed, and at the summit held in Paris in December 1957, it was decided to deploy IRBMs equipped with American nuclear warheads in Europe. In the 1960s, the United States, concerned by the fact that the United Kingdom and France were moving to acquire their own nuclear armaments, proposed a "multilateral nuclear force concept" in which the United States would provide its own nuclear missiles and other NATO countries would provide troops and ships to create a multilateral nuclear force, but the United Kingdom and France were reluctant, and the idea was ultimately abandoned. After that, the issue of nuclear forces in Europe continued to be considered, and in December 1967, NATO decided to adopt a flexible response strategy. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "multilateral nuclear force" is listed below.

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…ソ連の核戦力の増強とともに大量報復戦略の見直しが始まり，57年12月にパリで開かれた首脳会談で，ヨーロッパにアメリカの核弾頭装着のIRBMを配備することを決定した。1960年代になって，英仏両国が独自の核武装をする動きを見せ，これを懸念したアメリカは，自国製核ミサイルを提供して他のNATO諸国が兵員，艦艇を供出してつくりあげる〈多角的核戦力multilateral nuclear force構想〉を打ちだしたが，英仏両国が消極的で結局，立消えとなった。　その後もヨーロッパにおける核戦力問題の検討がつづけられてきたが，1967年12月，NATOは柔軟反応戦略の採用を決定した。…

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