South Korea has planned precision strikes on North Korean leadership in the absence of its own nuclear deterrent to discourage North Korean nuclear weapons strikes. North Korea has established the death of its leadership as a doomsday trigger to unleash its own nuclear weapons. Hilarity ensues?
Huh:
North Korea has updated its constitution to require a retaliatory nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is assassinated, according to a report. ...
The revised policy outlines procedures for retaliatory action if North Korea’s leadership is incapacitated or killed.
"If the command-and-control system over the state’s nuclear forces is placed in danger by hostile forces’ attacks … a nuclear strike shall be launched automatically and immediately," the updated provision states.
Well, Kim can certainly modify the state's "constitution" as he sees fit. But I'm not sure if he is thinking this through.
And there are even indications that should the North Korean state collapse, special ground units would attempt to secure North Korea's nuclear weapons.
But if North Korea will unleash its nukes during the time between losing their leadership and state collapse, South Korea's non-nuclear plans have a serious flaw.
So what is the under-and-over on how many years before South Korea has nuclear missiles?
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