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On the 13th (local time) the United States Department of Defense announced that it will work closely with its allies to ensure nuclear deterrence in connection with North Korea’s recent adoption of a law allowing a nuclear pre-emptive strike.
Asked if the United States and South Korea were ready to respond to a preemptive North Korean nuclear strike, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said, “We have proven nuclear deterrence policies and procedures, which include working closely. contact with the international alliance., “He said.
He said he saw the report and said: “What North Korea has done in the past is an extension of the comments that are not helpful and destabilize.[la regione]”.
Regarding the possibility of North Korea experimenting with a strategic nuclear weapon, he said: “I will not talk about the hypothetical situation,” he said.
Previously, at the Supreme People’s Assembly on the 8th, North Korea adopted the Nuclear Forces Policy Act, which sets out five conditions under which nuclear weapons may be used, including when it is determined that a nuclear or weapons attack of mass destruction is imminent.
South Korea and the United States plan to hold the High-Level Extended Deterrence Strategy (EDSCG) Consultation Group meeting at the US State Department on the 16th for the first time in four years and eight months to discuss ways to strengthen the nuclear deterrence that the United States provides to South Korea in relation to the North Korean nuclear threat.
/ yunhap news
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