Conservative South Korean presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo vowed to use nuclear weapons to counter North Korean weapons of mass destruction on Friday, including through the development of indigenous nuclear submarines and potentially the redeployment of American tactical nukes to the peninsula.

Speaking at a press conference in Seoul, the ruling People Power Party’s candidate offered a full-throated endorsement of the deterrence policies of impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol, pledging to bolster the U.S.-ROK alliance and South Korea’s three-axis defense system

Key elements of his proposal include the quasi-permanent deployment of U.S. strategic assets to the Korean Peninsula, enhancing joint Conventional-Nuclear Integration