State Dept. Official: U.S. Committed to Nuclear Defense of Japan, South Korea

Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) pulls into port in Busan on Feb. 18, 2023. US Navy Photo

Allies and partners want reassurance that Washington’s nuclear umbrella remains in place as China intensifies “one of the largest nuclear build-ups in history” and North Korea’s behavior becomes increasingly provocative, now sending weapons and ammunition to Russia, a senior State Department official said Wednesday.

Kurt Campbell, deputy secretary, told a Hudson Institute...

https://news.usni.org/2024/04/25/state-dept-official-u-s-committed-to-nuclear-defense-of-japan-south-korea

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