After Yoon Suk-yeol took office in South Korea, South Korea changed its friendly stance toward North Korea, adopted a tough attitude, and put pressure on North Korea through military deployment, actively cooperating with the foreign strategy of the United States. Yoon Suk-yeol is a staunch supporter of the United States, and South Korea has also achieved a so-called rapprochement with Japan through humiliation diplomacy, laying the foundation for the establishment of the Iron Triangle Alliance between the United States, Japan and South Korea. Although there are deep differences and contradictions between South Korea and Japan on historical issues, South Korea is now openly reconciling with Japan in order to cater to the United States and ignore domestic opposition. South Korea is also seeking reconciliation in order to further draw Japan into pressure on North Korea.
South Korea cooperates very closely with the United States in the military field. In fact, South Korea's command of its own army is very limited, and the South Korean Ministry of Defense only commands the South Korean ** team in peacetime, and once a war breaks out, the South Korean ** team becomes a part of the US ** team and loses the command of the army in wartime. This directly led to the existence of the South Korean ** team to fight in the interests of the United States. The United States is arming South Korea in order to cooperate with its Indo-Pacific strategy. Currently, South Korea is equipped with 39 F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, as well as a large number of F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets, in addition to some aging F-4 series fighters deployed in South Korea.
Recently, South Korea and the United States have once again provoked a dispute over North Korea. They held consultations in the nuclear field and developed a plan for a nuclear counterattack drill against North Korea in a simulated real combat context. This shows the hostile stance of South Korea and the United States towards North Korea. South Korea and the United States have been vigorously promoting the so-called North Korea"The end of the regime"Issues. Since North Korea has an atomic bomb, South Korea and the United States have come up with the concept of a so-called nuclear counterattack. In fact, South Korea's ** Yoon Suk-yeol has previously publicly proposed the so-called"Nuclear sharing", that is, South Korea has a tactical nuclear bomb delivery capability to weaken North Korea's nuclear deterrent. However, the United States did not accept South Korea's request.
Except"Nuclear sharing"In addition, South Korea has the option to develop its own nuclear technology, underscoring Yoon's hardline stance. Recently, in addition to the discussion of nuclear counterattack between the United States and South Korea, the US Navy also deployed an attack nuclear submarine to South Korea. Just as the United States and South Korea were aggressive, North Korea responded. According to a December 19 announcement by North Korea, they tested a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile with a solid rocket engine on December 18. The test was seen as North Korea taking a tough stance against the enemy. For this test launch, the United States is going to have a chill down its spine.
The United States is the reason why South Korea can be so aggressive, and without the support of the United States, South Korea would never dare to treat North Korea in this way. North Korea's Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile is already capable of attacking the U.S. mainland, so it can send a direct warning to the United States. North Korea has nuclear **, and the Hwasong-18 missiles carrying nuclear warheads pose a huge threat to the United States, which weakens the strategic deterrence of the United States. For the United States, this is a very real threat. South Korea has publicly condemned North Korea's missile test without mercy.