Was The U.S. Serious About "Nuking" North Korea In 1969?

President Nixon and Henry Kissinger

U.S Prepared Plans To Nuke North Korea In 1969 After Military Showdown -- Wire Update

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The United States prepared plans to nuke North Korea in 1969 after a spy plane had been shot down, according to a declassified dossier released on Wednesday.

The dossier said that the U.S. developed contingency plans that included selected use of tactical nuclear weapons against Pyongyang’s military facilities and the possibility of a full-scale war.

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More News On U.S. Plans To Nuke North Korea

US mulled North Korea nuclear strike in 1969: documents -- AFP
U.S. mulled nuke attack option against N. Korea in 1969: dossier -- Yonhap News
U.S. Considered Nuclear Option over Spy Plane -- Daily NK

My Comment: One should not be surprised. I am even sure that buried in the Pentagon there are plans today to use nuclear weapons against North Korea .... especially since North Korea has already warned that they are prepared to use their nuclear stockpile against both South Korean and U.S. forces in the region.

But the bottom line is the following .... the U.S. will only use nuclear weapons in the extreme of all emergencies. President Nixon may have entertained the idea for a while, but when push came to shove he decided .... just like every other President before and after him .... that after Hiroshima and Nagasaki the idea of unilaterally using nuclear weapons would only be a prescription for political disaster at home and abroad.