The United States has no plans to forward-deploy nuclear weapons to the Korean Peninsula, a State Department spokesperson said Thursday, amid a resurgent debate over the idea of Washington redeploying tactical nuclear arms to Korea for deterrence against North Korean threats.
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South Korea and the United States kicked off combined river-crossing military drills Thursday to enhance the interoperability of the allies, Seoul s Army said.
North Korea conducted a purported live-fire drill simulating a "tactical nuclear attack" early Saturday by launching long-range strategic cruise missiles toward the West Sea, its state media claimed Sunday. However, the South Korean military dismissed the report as an "exaggeration," saying that North Korea may have failed to detonate a mock nuclear warhead in midair. The latest drill is the secon.
North Korea conducted purported live-fire drills simulating a "tactical nuclear attack" early Saturday by launching "long-range strategic cruise missiles" toward the West Sea, its state media claimed Sunday. However, the South Korean military promptly dismissed the report as an "exaggeration," raising the possibility that North Korea may have failed to detonate a mock nuclear warhead mid.