Bush once said of North Korea: "All options were on the table." It appears that many options were explored in the past; in particular, the nuclear option.
The U.S. Forces Korea conducted nuclear attack flight drills in 1968 and as recently as June 1991 at Gunsan Air Force Base, a ruling party lawmaker said Tuesday. Choi Sung told a parliamentary audit of the Foreign Ministry he had confirmation from U.S. State and Defense Department papers released under the Freedom of Information Act that large-scale nuclear training exercises were conducted in 1968, from brigade to division levels, in which “all nuclear weapons” were used.
"Between January and June 1991, the eighth Fighter Wing of the Gunsan base participated in surface-to-air and air-to-air atomic warfare flight training,” he added. Based on the documents, he said Sunday that 11 types of nuclear weapons systems were deployed across the country, and 16 USFK bases transported or stored nuclear weapons between 1958 and 1991.
I wonder if this report will keep Kim Jong Il up at night.
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