[EQAndyBuzz]

"I wouldn't want to be in the South Koreans' shoes at the minute..."

South Korea should openly ask the United States for nukes to counter North Koreas. The US should say yes and also offer Japan, Taiwan and maybe Poland nuclear capability.

That would end this.

[LibLieSlayer]

Their Military issued a statement today that they will NEVER go Nuke. Look for both nations to be boiling bark for food in the near future.

LLS

[George W. Bush]

South Korea should openly ask the United States for nukes to counter North Koreas. The US should say yes and also offer Japan, Taiwan and maybe Poland nuclear capability.

Weren't the last of our nukes removed from South Korea back in 1991?

Our stockpiles on Guam, Okinawa, Japan, the Phillipines were removed decades back. From the late Seventies to the early Nineties, South Korea was our only admitted Asian nuke depot, our deterrent relying increasingly on ships, subs and aircraft since we started drawing down all the Asian stockpiles.

Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists: Where they were | thebulletin.org (historical overseas deployment info)

[GOP_1900AD]

Certainly, our naive belief in pie crust treaties (or at least, our PR to that effect) has not helped us. While we have been by the book, first the Russians, then the Chinese and then the Pakistanis proliferated away. Net disadvantage in terms of arms is now the Western allies.