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Upcoming security talks between the defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States are expected to focus on how to respond to North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile arsenal, better known as the U.S.' strategy of extended deterrence against Pyongyang's aggression, according to diplomatic observers, Tuesday. Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup and his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, are scheduled to hold a Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) in Washington, D.C., Thursday (local time).

The Yoon Suk-yeol administration is weighing various measures to strengthen deterrence against ever-mounting nuclear threats from North Korea. Yet it is tricky to sort out viable options as there are risk factors to consider. What's certain is that South Korea needs a new strategy as the Kim Jong-un regime is going all out to develop and deploy tactical nuclear warheads that can devastate the South.

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China’s perspectives on direct and extended deterrence, especially in outer space and cyberspace, have important implications for the United States.

Following Pyongyang’s specification of its conditions for nuclear use, Seoul said the North will self-destruct if it uses nuclear weapons.