Documents: U.S. had plan to nuke N. Korea

[Ally_Kat]

Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Newly declassified documents revealed the United States planned as recently as 1998 to drop nuclear bombs on North Korea if the country attacked South Korea.

As part of "scenario 5027," 24 F15-E bombers flew simulation missions at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina to drop mock nuclear bombs on a firing range between January and June 1998, the Korea Times reported Sunday.

The revelation followed claims by a South Korean lawmaker that the U.S. drew up plans to launch preemptive strikes on key targets in North Korea in 1994.

The report also came amid concerns that President George Bush will take a tougher stance with North Korea during his second term.

The declassified documents also said the U.S. had kept nuclear weaponry in South Korea until at least 1998, despite officially claiming it had withdrawn all nuclear warheads in 1991.

[FORD]

While I tend to take anything written in a Moonie paper with a grain of salt (and a genorous serving of kimchee) I guess this would kill the BCE myth that Bill Clinton wasn't prepared to deal with Kim Jung Dumbass.

[Nickdfresh]

Mmmmm...kimchee. No Korean restaurants nearbye

I heard the South Koreans were a little dubious last year because the U.S. (Rumsfeld) asked them to draw up plans to invade the North.

[FORD]

Rummy's the one who sold them the nuclear reactors in the first place...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,952289,00.html

[Nickdfresh]

Another little tidbit of corporate greed that could cost U.S. and South Korean soldiers their lives:

During the 1980s, the NKAF substantially increased its helicopter inventory from 40 to 275. Helicopters in service include Mi-2/HOPLITE, Mi-4/HOUND, and Mi-8/HIP. In 1985, the DPRK circumvented U.S. export controls to buy 87 U.S.-manufactured Hughes helicopters. These helicopters are considerably more advanced than those received from the Russians. Although the DPRK has the civilian version, they probably have modified some of them to carry guns and rockets. Because the ROK produces the same model helicopter for its armed forces, the DPRK could modify their Hughes helicopters to resemble the ROK counterparts to confuse CFC air defenses during SOF operations.

Form:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/airforce.htm

The Hughes 500 is a very sophisticated aircraft used by U.S. Special Operations forces (Delta Force).