This Is How America Would Wage A Nuclear War Against North Korea | Zero Hedge

This Is How America Would Wage A Nuclear War Against North Korea | Zero Hedge
"It is time to think about the unthinkable..."

The standoff between the United States and North Korea continues to escalate with neither side willing to back down.

With each passing day, the possibility of open warfare breaking out seems to increase as each side ups the ante. Indeed, President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his rhetoric in recent days—seemingly threatening to launch a nuclear first strike against North Korea.

...If tensions with North Korea boil over into open warfare—or if Trump decides to launch a preemptive strike—there are military options available to the United States. 
However, the collateral damage that might be wrought onto South Korea and Japan could be devastating.

“We would not necessarily need to resort to a nuclear strike,” one retired Defense Department official told The National Interest.

“We have conventional capabilities and capacity to take out many of the threats we are most concerned with. It wouldn't be easy, of course.”

...But what are the military options available to the United States should it come to war?

Arms control advocates note that a preventative nuclear first strike would be a gross violation of international law. “Talk of targeting North Korea with nuclear weapons is delusional and should be off the table,” Kelsey Davenport, director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association..."
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