| ID | 156333 |
| Title Proper | Korean crisis |
| Other Title Information | is there a solution? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ivashentsov, G |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | THE YEAR 2017 has brought an aggravation of the North Korean nuclear problem. Donald Trump's assumption of office as U.S. president coincided in time with a new stage of the North Korean nuclear missile program. Kim Jong-il, the deceased father of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, apparently had assumed that the hypothetical possibility of retaliatory nuclear strikes against the United States and its allies was a sufficient guarantee of North Korea's security and so was quite satisfied with his country's relatively small nuclear deterrence arsenal - just about a dozen warheads - and didn't worry too much about means of their delivery. Kim Jong-un has gone further. He has ordered making more nuclear warheads and effective delivery means - intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). This essentially means that North Korea aspires to become a full-scale nuclear power with the potential to survive a nuclear attack and inflict unacceptable damage on its adversary, the United States. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 63, No.5; 2017: p.110-124 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol: 63 No 5 |
| Key Words | United States ; China ; Russia ; South Korea ; Korean Crisis ; North Kore |