South Korea is considering the redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons as its northern neighbor raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula, according to the Pentagon.
Secretary of Defense James Mattis confirmed that he and his South Korean counterpart Song Young-moo discussed nuclear rearmament during a meeting at the end of August, with the latter arguing in favor of reintroducing nuclear weapons, calling such an option an “alternative worth a full review,” according to The Washington Post.
“We discussed the option,” the defense secretary told reporters without elaborating. “We have open dialogue with our allies on any issue they want to bring up.”
The U.S. stationed nuclear weapons in South Korea throughout much of the Cold War, but the weapons were removed after the fall of the Soviet Union in an effort to prevent North Korea from going nuclear. – READ MORE
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