It’s not particularly surprising that the plans exist, but it’s certainly new to hear them mentioned in public:
The South Korean military is prepared to launch a pre-emptive attack on North Korea’s nuclear installations if they become a military threat, Gen. Kim Tae-young, the newly designated chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a hearing yesterday.
It was the first time the military has confirmed contingency plans for a pre-emptive attack on Pyongyang’s nuclear facilities and comes as Seoul’s new conservative government is being closely watched for signs of how it will approach North Korea
Kim also expressed his intention to defend the Northern Limit Line in the West Sea, which he called “as significant as the land border.”
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Looks like someone’s goose is cooked. It’s about time that South Korea puts a little bit of pressure on North Korea. After all, the South Korean military is one of the most technologically advanced in the world..and the North Korean army still has WW2 era tanks and Korean War era planes…and no fuel to put into them and no food to fill the stomachs of its soldiers. It’s about time that people stop fearing North Korea.
According to Bloomberg, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have put out a statement denying that Kim said this.
******* BREAKING NEWS *******
23 million North Koreans have plans to attack the buffet at The Shilla Hotel.
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[...] apologize for Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Kim Tae-young telling the National Assembly that the South would strike North Korean nuclear sites in an emergency by essentially telling Pyongyang to fuck off: At 10am, military authorities sent the North a radio [...]
[...] apologize for Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Kim Tae-young telling the National Assembly that the South would strike North Korean nuclear sites in an emergency by essentially telling Pyongyang to fuck off: At 10am, military authorities sent the North a radio [...]