Reply #11: Watch what happens with the nukes. NK is hopping mad the US may put tactical nukes in SK [View All]

[Catherina]

They feel quite provoked and China's not amused. I don't think we're suicidal enough to do this given all the wars we're already fighting and the lack of resources to pursue another proxy war against China.

U.S. Tactical Nukes May Return to South Korea

November 22, 2010



If North Korea’s going to flaunt its new uranium-enrichment facility to the world, South Korea isn’t going to sit back and take it. Seoul is considering a request for the U.S. to return tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean peninsula for the first time in 15 years. Remember when President Obama was going to put the world on a “path to zero” nukes?

Over the weekend, a U.S. scientist revealed that North Korea took him on a tour of its new “ultra-modern” uranium-enrichment plant at Yongbyon, ending longstanding doubts about Pyongyang’s home-grown capabilities at turning uranium into nuclear fuel. (Though it’s unclear whether the plant is already enriching uranium.) South Korea’s defense minister quickly cooked up a response, the Korea Herald reports: consider asking the U.S. to bring its nuclear weapons back.

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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/11/u-s-tactical-nukes-may-return-to-south-korea/