Sept. 21 (UPI) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned during an address to the United Nations General Assembly that Seoul and its allies will not “stand idly by” if Russia gives North Korea technical assistance with its nuclear and missile programs.

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    1 year ago

    Such double standards! How is this different than stationing NATO nuclear capabilities along the Ukrainian-Russian border to enhance nuclear first strike capabilities against Russia?

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        Poland is pushing for that which is exactly what SK says NK can’t do - you can’t be okay with Poland wanting nukes and not okay with DPRK wanting the same…or you can choose to be hypocritical ig

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            So what exactly is the problem with two non-NATO allies assisting each other? You’ve got a lot of words there but I don’t see how this is any different to the Nukes that NATO has stored in central Europe. I don’t blame DPRK one bit for wanting to secure it’s military capabilities while the US continues to sabre rattle against China for absolutely zero reason. The bit I can’t understand is why this is bad when what the US has done historically for decades is apparently A-OK because freedom

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                South Korea did not say “we don’t like it”. They said “we will take actions if they do it”. They were vague on what those actions would be. Given they’re a USA vassal state and nuclear-armed submarines were already deployed to SK for a show of force, you’re being deliberately obtuse and naive. South Korea is rattling their sabre.

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            Not every NATO country gets nukes. Jesus do some research. Only the UK has strategic weapons, which are domestically produced.

            The United States has about 100 tactical B61 nuclear bombs deployed in Europe. These bombs are stored in hardened aircraft shelters at eight bases in six NATO countries: Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom.