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The reclusive nation of North Korea has further distanced itself from the world in recent months. Its pursuit of nuclear technology, in violation of the opposing international community, it’s direct threats of attack against the South and of a nuclear attack against the United States, and it’s most recent declaration that it will take the South by storm in a three day war that nets it control of South Korea and 150,000 estimated U.S. soldiers as hostages, have served to further isolate the communist regime.
Now, the U.S. and its staunch ally, South Korea, are planning a counter strategy in case the North makes good on its outlandish promises. The dichotomy of the North’s threats consists of generally inplausible actions that it lacks the technology or manpower or military might to carry out. Nevertheless, the nation has one of the world’s largest – if not poorest equipped – armies. And any threat of existential nuclear extermination of the U.S. or its allies must be taken very seriously.
The U.S. and South Korea recently signed a deal that took two years to create. The deal specifies that the U.S. will fervently back up its ally in the event of a provocation by the North. The mutual defense treaty obligates the United States to defend the South with all the might and muster of the U.S. military in the event of a South Korean attack.
“By completing this plan, we improved our combined readiness posture to allow us to immediately and decisively respond to any North Korean provocation,” a joint statement from the two allies said.
The plan lays out an array of scenarios in which the North could attack the South. All scenarios lead to joint U.S. and South Korean military responses. The goal of penning these technically already existing agreements on paper is to serve as a deterrent to the North and its most recent rash of emblazoned and aggressive statements.
Most recently, North Korea voided the 1953 armistice that effectively ended the war but technically left both sides at war following the Korean War. The North has also made direct threats at nuking Washington, and invading the U.S. as well as invading the North. Several YouTube videos illustrating the North’s threats have been released from the isolated nation, most of which have been already removed by YouTube.
