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The trip comes as Yoon grapples with the South's increasingly nervous public about the US commitment to so-called extended deterrence, where US assets -- including nuclear weapons -- serve to prevent attacks on allies
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South Korea and the United States have stepped up deterrence efforts against North Korea's mounting threats, recently stoked by the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), with their latest warning coming over the weekend - the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine here. In addition, the allies conducted a tabletop exercise on responding to possible North Korean nuclear attacks, while a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is expected to participate in the allies' springtime combined exercise, scheduled to begin in the middle of next month.
South Korea developing its own nuclear weapons, a topic long relegated to fringe advocacy, is now being discussed openly, including by its president. There are growing demands from the South Korean populace, the conservative media, and the ruling party for greater nuclear autonomy from Washington, redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons that were removed in the 1990s, or a nuclear-sharing arrangement with Washington similar to the arrangements that some North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies have.