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Why U.S. Nuclear Weapons in South Korea Are Not a Good Idea

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by Andrew J. Futter , May 20, 2012

Last week, the United States House Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment to the fiscal year 2013 national defence authorization bill calling for an examination of the re-deployment of US tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) in South Korea.  Specifically, the amendment called upon the Obama administration to submit a report on the feasibility of re-introducing tactical

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Dr Andrew Futter is a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Leicester, UK. [email protected] Click here for full bio page

  • newageman

    Dr. Futter is quite right on the issue, but do we really know
    whether US withdrew all its TNWs from South Korea in fact?

    Bush I claimed he withdrew them in 1991, but there has been no inspection & verification of it by any Korean or international body.

    As NK claims, the US TNWs may be still in SK.

  • newageman

    Dr. Futter is quite right on the issue, but do we really know
    whether US withdrew all its TNWs from South Korea in fact?

    Bush I claimed he withdrew them in 1991, but there has been no inspection & verification of it by any Korean or international body.

    As NK claims, the US TNWs may be still in SK.