Will the US really nuke North Korea?

• Autores: Debora MacKenzie
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3143, 2017, pág. 23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • North Korea's nuclear tests continue to provoke its enemies. Some people are suggesting that a pre-emptive strike would end the uncertainty and liberate its long-suffering people. Last week, US defense secretary James Mattis promised that "any threat to US territories (or) our allies will be met with a massive military response". That sounds pre-emptive. But on close inspection, it doesn't sound sensible. The country's leader, Kim Jong-un, has developed nuclear weapons for the sole purpose of deterring such an attack. If the US didn't take out all of North Korea's nukes in a first strike, its fear of nuclear attack could become self-fulfilling. Here, MacKenzie examines whether the US would really nuke North Korea