South Korea May Ask US to Re Deploy Its Nuclear Weapons. Tensions on the Korean peninsula between North Korea and virtually every other country in the region continue to escalate in the wake of its possible detonation of a hydrogen bomb this weekend. Now the situation seems poised to escalate even further, with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young moo investigating the possibility of having the US plant its nukes back on the demilitarized zones doorstep. Per the Washington Post, Song informed a parliamentary committee he told Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis that It would be good for strategic assets to be sent regularly to the Korean Peninsula and that some South Korean lawmakers and media are strongly pushing for tactical nuclear weapons. The redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons is an alternative worth a full review, Song added, though according to the Post did not mention Mattis response. The US used to have approximately 1. South Korea but pulled them out in 1. President George H.
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