WASHINGTON: The United States has no immediate plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to South Korea, the Pentagon said on Monday, after Seoul raised the possibility amid fresh tensions with North Korea.
With Pyongyang claiming it had a working uranium enrichment plant, the United States was holding talks with allies but it was too soon to say what action might be taken, Pentagon spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan told reporters.
"The US and our international partners are consulting on what steps to take in light of this new information. So I'd say it's premature to talk about any specific steps," Lapan said.
He declined to comment whether restoring tactical nuclear arms to South Korea was one of the options under consideration.
South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young in parliament raised the possibility of asking the United States to deploy tactical nuclear weapons, which were withdrawn from the South in 1991.
His ministry later said he only meant that "all possible options could be reviewed.
With Pyongyang claiming it had a working uranium enrichment plant, the United States was holding talks with allies but it was too soon to say what action might be taken, Pentagon spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan told reporters.
"The US and our international partners are consulting on what steps to take in light of this new information. So I'd say it's premature to talk about any specific steps," Lapan said.
He declined to comment whether restoring tactical nuclear arms to South Korea was one of the options under consideration.
South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young in parliament raised the possibility of asking the United States to deploy tactical nuclear weapons, which were withdrawn from the South in 1991.
His ministry later said he only meant that "all possible options could be reviewed.
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Revelations over the weekend about a modern, new uranium enrichment plant in North Korea equipped with at least 1,000 centrifuges triggered international alarm, with Washington, Tokyo and Seoul voicing serious concern.
Revelations over the weekend about a modern, new uranium enrichment plant in North Korea equipped with at least 1,000 centrifuges triggered international alarm, with Washington, Tokyo and Seoul voicing serious concern.
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