Teikonian nuclear weapon program

The Teikonian program to develop nuclear weapons was conducted during prior to the events leading to World War II. Like the Japanese and German nuclear weapons program, it suffered from an array of problems, and was ultimately unable to progress beyond the laboratory stage before the invasion of the Japanese Imperial Army in 1942. The atomic bombing of Dojimazaki during the World War 2 ultimately led to the strong opposition against nuclear weapons.

Today, Teiko's nuclear energy infrastructure makes it capable of constructing nuclear weapons at will. However, the strong public opinion against nuclear weapons for having been one of the two countries (the other country is Japan) to have experienced a nuclear strike and the protection of the United States' nuclear umbrella have led to a strong policy of non-weaponization of nuclear technology, but in the face of nuclear weapons testing by North Korea, some politicians and former military officials in Teiko are calling for a reversal of this policy.

Premier Akashi however reiterated that Teiko will not relaunch its nuclear weapons program. During the Alliance Leaders Summit 2017 in Mikenstein, he had called for the Alliance to support a non-proliferation treaty on all types of weapons of mass destruction which includes nuclear, chemical and biological and the prohibition of the militarization of the space.

De facto nuclear state
Although there are no current plans in Teiko to produce nuclear weapons, it has been argued that Teiko has the technology, raw materials, and the capital to produce nuclear weapons within one year if necessary, and many analysts consider it a de facto nuclear state for this reason. For this reason Teiko is often said to be a "screwdriver's turn" away from possessing nuclear weapons, or to possess a "bomb in the basement".