The Guardian: South Korean media call for country to build its own nuclear weapons
Experts and commentators say a deterrent independent of the US is needed in face of uncertain support from Donald Trump
South Korea should take a page out of the work of Shakespeare in dealing with North Korea and fight “fire with fire”, experts and media commentators have said in response to the North’s latest nuclear test.
Many in the South are calling for the country to develop its own nuclear weapons as a deterrent independent of the US given uncertain support from Donald Trump.
South Korea hosts about 30,000 US troops and falls under the US nuclear umbrella, but in return is banned from building its own nuclear weapons under a 1974 agreement with Washington.
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WNU Editor: Not going to happen. Developing and producing nuclear weapons will break numerous treaties that South Korea has signed, and it will expose them to international sanctions. What I expect instead is something like this .... South Korea’s defense minister suggests bringing back tactical U.S. nuclear weapons (Washington Post).
