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North Korea passed a law last week that it can use nuclear weapons “preemptively”.
In response, the South Korean and US security authorities met and agreed to mobilize all US military resources to overwhelmingly respond to North Korea’s nuclear threat.
Specifically, they agreed to partner with a new force capable of stopping North Korea’s launching of nuclear weapons by detecting the move early.
Correspondent Wang Jong-myung from Washington.
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The South Korea-US advisory body was put into operation after 4 years and 8 months to dissuade North Korea from using nuclear weapons early by extending the world’s strongest military power to the Korean peninsula.
The United States has pledged to provide South Korea with all its capabilities, not only in the military but also in diplomacy, intelligence and economics, to prevent North Korea’s nuclear provocation.
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“This is a commitment to discourage the expansion of all categories of US defense capabilities to South Korea, including nuclear and conventional weapons and missile defense capabilities.”
If the 1st and 2nd meetings were held in the past after North Korea’s nuclear test, the 3rd meeting was held right after North Korea enacted the law that it could launch a nuclear weapon earlier. of the 7th nuclear test.
The South Korea-US joint statement exceptionally mentions key US strategic weapons, such as the F-35A, the US fifth-generation fighter, the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, and the B-52 strategic bomber. to do so.
He explained that a “non-physical attack” to prevent North Korea from launching a nuclear weapon would be launched as a recently agreed area of cooperation.
Since North Korea has warned that it can pre-launch nuclear weapons at its discretion, the United States can use its space and cyber powers to detect North Korea’s nuclear launch movement in advance and stop the launch itself.
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“The United States has (pledged) to provide extended deterrence using all military categories, including advanced non-nuclear capabilities, such as space, cyber and so on.”
South Korea and the United States can counter North Korea’s early warning to use nuclear force by neutralizing nuclear weapons one step further.
As the vicious circle continues, tension on the Korean Peninsula will inevitably increase as North Korea responds with another card.
This is Jongmyung Wang of MBC News from Washington.
Video coverage: Park Ji-yoon (Washington) / Video editing: Min Kyung-tae
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