US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Seoul for talks as Washington seeks to reassure a key Asian ally over its nuclear commitment amid growing threats from North Korea.
SEOUL, South Korea – The defense chiefs of the United States and South Korea vowed on Tuesday, January 31, to expand military drills and boost nuclear deterrence planning to counter North Korea’s weapons development and prevent a war.
“In order to realize peace through strength on the Korean peninsula, we pledged to expand the scale and elevate the levels of the combined exercises and training,” Lee told a joint news conference. “The United States stands firm in its extended deterrence commitment that includes the full range of US defense capabilities, including our conventional, nuclear and missile defense capabilities,” he told the conference.
The North’s evolving threats have revived calls from some politicians and experts in South Korea to bring back US tactical nuclear weapons or even a South Korean nuclear program, though Seoul officials dismissed such a possibility. Austin said the table-top exercises would ensure that the allies saw “eye-to-eye” on their response to North Korea.
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