When the conflict between Russia and Ukraine became increasingly fierce, the situation in the Asia-Pacific region gradually began to become subtle. According to the domestic media " Global Network " report on October 19, some South Korean politicians recently claimed that the United States should re-install the US military's tactical nuclear weapon in South Korea, and even called on the US military to share various solutions such as nuclear weapons technology with the South Korean military.
The US government did not agree with the demands of South Korean politicians and immediately expressed a negative attitude on the issue. On October 18, when answering the question about "Nuclear Sharing of South Korea and the United States", US Ambassador to South Korea publicly stated that some countries mentioned "discussion and use of tactical nuclear weapons", which is actually extremely irresponsible and dangerous.
Although Goldberg did not name South Korea at that time, many Korean media still believe that Goldberg expressed opposition to the US military's redeployment of the nuclear bomb in South Korea. That is to say, no matter how these South Korean politicians request to share with the United States, it is unlikely that the United States will reach a consensus with South Korea on this issue for the time being.
So, who are these Korean politicians? Not only are there some opposition politicians in South Korea, but also the current South Korean president, Yoon Seo-yeol, is also considering the nuclear bundling of South Korea and the United States.
As early as October 12, South Korean media analyzed Yoon Seo-yeol's new military strategy. His proposal mainly focused on significantly strengthening and extending the United States' military deterrent force in the surrounding areas of South Korea. Among them, the tactical nuclear weapons that allow South Korea to own the US military have been listed as one of the "optional" by the South Korean government.
And when Yoon Seok-hyuk listened to the suggestions of some Korean politicians on October 11, he also found that there were more suggestions to make South Korea have tactical nuclear weapons than before. However, most Korean politicians are currently still on the nuclear protection that relies on the United States, and do not intend to independently develop the nuclear weapon .
In fact, not only is the United States unwilling to share nuclear power with South Korea now, but Russia does not want another nuclear-bearing country on the Korean Peninsula. Some South Korean politicians now want to continue to "induce wolves into the house and create tensions". It is not enough to just introduce the US military to the local area, and they also want to achieve nuclear binding with the United States. Their military ambitions have to make people wary.
In addition to tactical nuclear weapons, Yoon Seo-yue and others will continue to expand the deployment scale of the THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea. This also indirectly shows that the analysis that South Korea is strengthening its military deterrence strategy that the Korean media has previously analyzed is correct. But from a diplomatic point of view, it has great challenges to South Korea's relationship with neighboring countries.
If the South Korean government makes a mistake in handling it, it is difficult to say whether South Korea's move will trigger local military conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region. Even the relationship between South Korea and Russia may drop to freezing point. At least in the political field, Russia may take countermeasures against South Korea's every move. After all, the tactical nuclear weapons that South Korea wants to deploy at home come from the hands of the US military.
Russia certainly cannot accept that the US military deploys tactical nuclear bombs near the Russian Far East region. You should know that the Russian army is now tired of dealing with local conflicts in the Ukraine direction. If some situation changes in the Russian Far East happen to some drastic changes, this will not be a good thing for the Putin government.
In fact, the United States deployed nuclear weapons in South Korea as early as the Cold War of the United States and the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War of , the United States withdrew all nuclear bombs from South Korea. If the request of South Korean politicians is agreed by the US this time, Russia and the United States will not only confront each other in Eastern Europe, but also likely to start a new round of struggle in the Asia-Pacific region.
But Russia's current strength is far inferior to that of the Soviet era. If the United States really wants to attack both sides and put Russia in the enemy from both sides, Putin may really take the lead in using tactical nuclear weapons to deter European and American countries that are chasing each other. Of course, once Pandora's box such as the thermonuclear war is opened, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for all mankind.
So in South Korea and Japan, the United States is still unlikely to choose to quickly intensify the conflict with Russia, but has been using the method of boiling frogs in warm water to secretly strengthen the conventional military forces deployed by the US military in Japan and South Korea.
During the former US President Obama period, the US government attached great importance to military deployment to South Korea and Japan, especially because South Korea's geographical location has extremely high strategic value (and the South Korean government relies extremely on the protection of the US military).
So the United States has been committed to increasing its military deployment in South Korea. At least from the future period, the United States has not yet reached the point where it must deploy nuclear weapons within South Korea.
Of course, Russia also has its own intelligence network, which will definitely keep monitoring the US military operations in South Korea. So in the long run, Russia and the United States will still focus more on high-intensity confrontation in European regions such as Ukraine. In the Asia-Pacific region, Russia and the United States will not have any accidents.
However, South Korea may feel that it still lacks a "sense of security". Especially in the historical trend of the recession of the global economy and the reshuffle of the human landscape, South Korea is worried that it will be implicated by the economic crisis in due to international and domestic issues, and some military loopholes will appear.
In fact, South Korea's worries are too overwhelming. The drastic changes in the situation in Eastern Europe will not cause the situation in the Asia-Pacific to change dramatically. The Asia-Pacific region has been peaceful for decades. With the advancement of human science and technology and the development of moral concepts, the Asia-Pacific region should continue to be stable and prosperous.
In short, Yoon Seok-yeol’s “Dream of Nuclear Weapons” is time to wake up. We don't want to see war, we hope the world will become more and more peaceful. As the largest war dealer in the human world, the United States is now unwilling to start a war in person, which shows that the US government also knows that the price of war is extremely painful. As time goes by, we believe that the 21st century will usher in a better new era of peace!
