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Wait, nobody else thinks that if Russia uses a tactical nuclear weapon that North Korea won’t see a window of opportunity to fire one or more over at Japan or S
by 6stringmerc 4y ago
Wait, nobody else thinks that if Russia uses a tactical nuclear weapon that North Korea won’t see a window of opportunity to fire one or more over at Japan or South Korea?
I mean technically that war is only at cease fire.
- WJW 4y agoWhat would be the benefit to NK leadership to do so? The war may be "only" at cease fire right now, but chances are that SK and Japan (not to mention the US) would consider the use of nukes sufficient reason to storm Pyongyang and decapitate the leadership structure before they get nuked again. Kim Jong Un knows that he will die if he actually uses nukes, so chances are he won't.
- Aeolun 4y agoThe threat of using nukes is much more valuable than the actuality of using them, which would be immediate self-destruction. It’s just an extremely convenient dead man’s switch (if you hurt/kill me, it’ll be millions paying the price).
- postalrat 4y agoUSA might be so busy with the war in Europe, the middle east, India vs Pakistan, China invading Taiwan, etc that is doesn't have a lot of resources to help defend South Korea. That's why it could be considered an opportunity for North Korea.
- WJW 4y agoThe USA would have to be very very busy indeed to overlook the nuking of close allies. Also, South Korea itself is absolutely armed to the teeth and it is entirely unclear to me that North Korea stands any chance of winning a war even if they do get a nuclear first strike off.
- rhino369 4y agoWhy wouldn’t the USA retaliate with its own nuclear strike on North Korea? They would have to. North Korea wants nukes to avoid getting regime changed like Iraq. Not to start an offensive nuclear war that they’d lose.