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South Korean nuclear weapons would break U.S. ties, Japan’s defense chief says

Japan Times, By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith
Reuters Aug 8, 2024, SEOUL – 

South Korea could rupture its U.S. alliance and shock financial markets if it started building nuclear weapons, Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said, dismissing renewed domestic calls for the country’s own arsenal to deter North Korea.

As the neighboring North rapidly expands nuclear and missile capabilities, more South Korean officials and members of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s conservative ruling party have called in recent months for developing nuclear weapons.

The prospect of another term for former U.S. President Donald Trump, who complained about the cost of the U.S. military presence in South Korea and launched unprecedented talks with the North, has further fueled the debate………………..subscribers only  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/08/asia-pacific/politics/south-korean-nuclear-weapons-us/

August 8, 2024 Posted by | Japan, politics international, South Korea, weapons and war | Leave a comment

It must be no to nuclear – whether energy or weapons

 Tor Justad: I REFER to recent articles in the National and Sunday
National regarding nuclear power and nuclear weapons in Scotland. The first
was headlined “Safety warnings as cracks rise at Torness nuclear plant”
(Sunday National, Jul 21) which reported on the increase to 46 of cracks
which have appeared in the Torness nuclear reactor.

It is extremely concerning that at the launch of the Cromarty Firth and Inverness Freeport,
Steve Chisholm, operations & Innovations director at Global Energy stated
that the area was ideally placed for a move into manufacturing small
modular reactors.

 The National 5th Aug 2024

https://www.thenational.scot/community/24496800.must-no-nuclear—whether-energy-weapons/

August 8, 2024 Posted by | safety, UK | Leave a comment

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