DAILY ON DEFENSE: • Is the U.S. nuclear umbrella enough? • No exercises, just plans • North Korea seeks 'exponential' increase of its nuclear arsenal
IS US NUCLEAR UMBRELLA ENOUGH? The White House and State Department confirmed yesterday that in the wake of North Korea’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric and growing nuclear arsenal, the United States and South Korea are developing plans to deter and, if necessary, respond to any use of nuclear weapons by Kim Jong Un.
But today Yoon was more circumspect, saying, “There are diverse opinions across our nation and in the United States regarding extended deterrence, so I am listening to them carefully and looking carefully at various possibilities," according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency. Kim inspected 30 of the weapons systems on New Year’s Day and called it an “eye-opening success” with the capability “to conduct a surprise and precision launch of multiple rockets,” targeting all of South Korea.
“We have made repeatedly clear that we harbor no hostile intent towards the DPRK [North Korea]. We are prepared to engage in constructive, good-faith, principled dialogue towards what is our ultimate goal — that is the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” said State Department spokesman Ned Price, noting that North Korea has “repeatedly refused to engage” in any dialog since the failed 2019 summit between former President Donald Trump and Kim in Hanoi.
McCarthy has been forced to agree to a provision in which any five members of the House can call for a “snap” election to remove him from the post, which is much like a “no confidence” vote in the British Parliament that can oust a prime minister. In the video, Prigozhin blames the slow progress on the fact that each house in Bakhmut is a “fortress,” that Ukrainians have defensive lines every 10 meters, and that Russian forces must clear building by building, with inadequate equipment and a shortage of ammunition.
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