Do South Korea And Japan Need Nuclear Weapons?

U.S. President Donald Trump meets South Korea's President Moon Jae-In and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Fritz Lodge, Cipher Brief: Do Japan and South Korea Need Nuclear Weapons?

The North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un conducted its sixth underground nuclear test early this September – which Pyongyang claims as its first test of a hydrogen bomb – and in late August and again, two weeks later, the hermit kingdom launched a ballistic missile directly over the territory of Hokkaido in northern Japan. Now, the U.S. and its key allies in the region – primarily South Korea and Japan – look ahead to the anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s communist party on October 10, which may yield yet another nuclear provocation from the rogue state.

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WNU Editor: As long as they are under the nuclear umbrella of the U.S. .... there is no need for Japan or South Korea to pour billions into developing and deploying nuclear weapons. In addition, there is no disagreement among Japan-South Korea-U.S. officials and leaders on what is needed to contain North Korea, and I expect this cooperation to continue well into the future.