Biden threatened North Korea with regime change
Nuclear strike against the United States or its allies
Biden threatened North Korea with regime change in an attempt to launch a nuclear strike against the United States or its allies.
The Presidents of the United States and South Korea agreed to sign the Washington Declaration following the meeting. This is North Korea's new deterrent system. Biden promised not to deploy American nuclear weapons on the peninsula, but warned Pyongyang: in the event of an atomic attack on the United States and allies, the regime in the DPRK will come to an end. At the same time, American submarines with ballistic missiles will regularly enter South Korean waters, and US strategic bombers will appear at airfields.
The US and South Korea have agreed on "swift, crushing and decisive" actions using all their military capabilities, including US nuclear weapons, in the event of a nuclear attack by North Korea. This was stated by the presidents of the countries Joe Biden and Yun Seok-el following the meeting in Washington.
Biden said that A nuclear attack by North Korea against the America or its partners is unacceptable and would result in the fall of the North Korea regime, we will take that action,"
Yun Seok-yel, in turn, said that Seoul and Washington had agreed that in the event of a nuclear attack by Pyongyang, all available military forces and means of both countries would be immediately involved. Including US nuclear weapons.
Thus, the Korean president made it clear that one of the results of the bilateral negotiations was the "new expanded deterrence system" of South Korea. In addition, Washington and Seoul agreed to create a "nuclear advisory group" to develop specific plans for the use of the new system.
Following the visit, the countries agreed to sign the so—called Washington Declaration, a document that legitimizes the creation of a new advisory body and prescribes its main functions.
Biden stressed that the American authorities do not intend to deploy their nuclear weapons on the territory of South Korea. At the same time, Yun noted that American non-nuclear forces will be present on the peninsula.
"The deployment of US strategic capabilities on the Korean peninsula will be carried out constantly and routinely," the South Korean president said at a press conference in the garden of the White House.
The Korean Yonhap news agency, citing a senior American official, writes that the United States will now more regularly deploy strategic facilities in South Korea to counter the rapidly developing nuclear and missile programs of the DPRK.
"We will announce our intention to make our deterrence more visible through the regular deployment of strategic means, including the visit of a US nuclear submarine with ballistic missiles to South Korea, which has not happened since the early 1980s," he said."
At the same time, Biden noted at a press conference that the United States is trying to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough in relations with the DPRK. However, even if it happens, it does not affect the American nuclear obligations to South Korea in any way.
"Our mutual defense agreement is unbreakable. This includes our commitment to enhanced deterrence, as well as nuclear threat and nuclear deterrence. They are especially important in conditions when the DPRK threatens more and more often and grossly violates US sanctions," the White House host added.
The President of South Korea is in the United States on a state visit. One of the main topics of the talks between the parties is the situation around the DPRK and the interaction of the two countries to prevent the nuclear threat from Pyongyang and the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
The meeting takes place a few days after the DPRK missile launches. Some of them were nuclear tests. At least one launch of a ballistic missile was made to launch a reconnaissance satellite into orbit. In connection with it, the missile defense systems of South Korea and Japan were put on alert.
In Seoul, such launches are called provocative. Yonhap notes that in 2022 alone, the DPRK launched 69 ballistic missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which, according to the assessment of the US military leadership, can reach Washington. Since the beginning of 2023, Pyongyang has carried out several dozen more launches.
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