411. How South Korea Could Acquire and Deploy Nuclear Weapons
- Author:
- James Fergusson
- Publication Date:
- 11-2015
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
- Abstract:
- Political leaders and defense planners in the Republic of Korea (ROK), or South Korea, are cognizant that worsening security in Northeast Asia could lead to additional states, including the ROK, to consider and even develop nuclear weapons. In particular, Korean President Park Geun-hye warned in May 2014 that another nuclear bomb test by North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK) would be “crossing a Rubicon” and would make it “difficult for us to prevent a nuclear domino from occurring in this area
- Topic:
- Nuclear Weapons, International Security, and Nuclear Power
- Political Geography:
- South Korea