Sunday, November 6, 2022

White House Has Authorized The Deployment Of Strategic Nuclear Assets More Frequently In South Korea

U.S. B-1B bombers take part in a joint air drill Vigilant Storm between South Korea and U.S. on Nov. 5, 2022. Photo shared by South Korea's Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS  

Antiwar.com: US to Station More Nuclear-Capable Assets on Korean Peninsula  

North Korea, South Korea, and the US conducted parallel, large-scale aerial war games on Friday 

The White House has authorized employing strategic assets in South Korea more frequently. The announcement comes as Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington conduct unprecedented aerial war games. 

At a news conference with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, Lee stated Austin pledged to set up deployments of nuclear-capable weapons. He said the US promised, "to effectively respond to any DPRK provocation by employing US strategic assets to the level equivalent to constant deployment through increasing the frequency and intensity of strategic asset deployment in and around the Korean Peninsula." 

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WNU Editor: The White House has also extended the current round of military exercises with South Korea .... US, South Korea to extend military drills after North Korean launches (Defense News).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dementia Dude is hellbent on starting another world war somewhere. Anywhere.

Anonymous said...

Bad idea stationing strategic assets in SK.

That whole nation is in range of NK Air /artillery/ missile and intel capabilities. Better to station "nuclear capable assets" in Japan

Anonymous said...

'Vigilant Storm' lol
that's getting pretty stale