- Seoul droht mit A-Bombe
Seoul threatens A-bomb
Ready for armament with US nuclear weapons: F-15 fighter jets of the South Korean Air Force (May 24, 2022)
Isn't US President Joseph Biden fully informed about the conflict on the Korean Peninsula? At the turn of the year, it soared so high that Biden's South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol spoke in an interview published in the Chosun Ilbo newspaper on Monday that the United States and South Korea were considering jointly practicing the use of nuclear bombs in upcoming maneuvers. This means that in the event of war, the US army would let the South Korean armed forces have their own nuclear weapons. Quite similar to what is understood in the Federal Republic of Germany under the term "nuclear participation" - which could make Germany the target of a "preventive strike" at any time.
Asked about it on the same day in the US capital Washington, Biden denied that such talks were taking place. However, South Korea retracted Biden's denial on Tuesday. Yoon's spokeswoman Kim Eun Hye confirmed to the press that "in response to nuclear threats from North Korea" a "joint operational plan for the nuclear bombs" is being discussed. Similarly, the US National Security Council had previously specified that the US and South Korea were preparing “a coordinated and concrete response” in the event that North Korea used nuclear weapons. Press reports pointed out that this was only logical after the military leaders of both countries decided in November to intensify their cooperation.
On Wednesday, Yoon's spokeswoman Kim continued to escalate. She announced that a 2018 buffer zone agreement with North Korea would be suspended if the People's Republic violated South Korea's "borders" again. At the end of December, according to information from Seoul, five drones of North Korean origin entered "South Korean airspace". In return, Yoon's spokeswoman announced a "large-scale production of small drones" that are "difficult to locate". The purpose is to build up military capacities for “large-scale counter-offensives”. Seoul also denounced Pyongyang's missile tests. North Korea has repeatedly launched ICBMs that could theoretically reach the US mainland. There were also complaints that North Korea fired three short-range rockets at the turn of the year – the background was that Seoul had sent a military satellite into orbit.
At the weekend, North Korea's head of state Kim Jong Un accused the United States and South Korea of "putting extreme military pressure on Pyongyang" at the end-of-year meeting of the ruling Workers' Party. Seoul and Washington intend to found "a kind of regional NATO." Kim is likely to confirm retrospectively the back and forth about a possible »nuclear participation« of South Korea based on the model of the Federal Republic of Germany. In response to the Western threat, Kim announced that he would step up rearmament in order to improve his own nuclear capabilities. Tactical nuclear bombs should be mass-produced, and the aim is to send a spy satellite into space as quickly as possible. The "doomsday clock" is also on the Korean Peninsula at almost twelve.
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