President Yoon Calls for Joint Nuclear Exercise Between the ROK & U.S. in Response to DPRK Threats
Here is an interesting interview with President Yoon where he is advocating for joint nuclear exercises with the U.S. to off set the North Korean nuclear threat:
President Yoon Suk Yeol has said South Korea is in talks with the United States to carry out joint planning and joint exercises involving U.S. nuclear forces to counter North Korea’s nuclear threats.
In an interview with the Chosun Ilbo newspaper published Monday, Yoon said the idea of the U.S. providing a nuclear umbrella or extended deterrence to South Korea is not enough to reassure the South Korean public.
The interview was published a day after North Korean state media reported leader Kim Jong-un called for “an exponential increase” of his country’s nuclear arsenal, while calling South Korea “our undoubted enemy.”
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but it will be interesting to see how the U.S. responds to this suggestions from President Yoon. More importantly will this actually do anything to deter the Kim regime from advancing their nuclear weapons program?
I think this is just an interesting move to counter provocations from Norkistani and Chinese sources.
An interesting move, given the timidity shown by nearly all Korean Presidents in mentioning the N word.
The only US nuclear weapon that could be integrated into the ROK force structure are air dropped bombs.
Considering that the ROKAF operates US made fighters, the ROKAF can theoretically deploy them if the relevant agreements, procedures, safeguards, and equipment are in place.
The problem is the US, hasn’t trained the ROKAF on how to handle and drop nuclear bombs from fighters.
So I wonder how Yoon proposes to hold the joint nuclear exercises.
The US also hasn’t agreed to the above and even if it agrees it will be years before the ROKAF is certified to handle and drop nuclear bombs.
It looks like another empty PR stunt from the Yoon administration to show it is “serious” about defense and national security.
Sounds like Pres. Yoon wants to bring US nukes back on pen.
Of course nK has always claimed US/ROK exercises were the rehearsal for the nuclear invasion of nK so expect those lines to be rolled back out again.