U.S. military may consider using nuclear weapons in its former North Korean operation plan

U.S. military may consider using nuclear weapons in former North Korean operation plan September 15, 12:07

A new book by a prominent U.S. journalist who allegedly portrayed the inside story of the Trump administration may have included options for the use of nuclear weapons when the U.S. military once revisited its plans for operations against North Korea. Pointed out, the ripples are spreading.

A new book, which is said to have drawn the inside story of the administration based on 18 interviews with President Trump by famous American journalist Bob Woodward, began selling on the 15th.

In the book, in addition to the contents of the letter that President Trump exchanged with North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea Chairman Kim Jong-un based on the interview, the internal response of the administration at the time of 2017 when North Korea repeatedly launched missiles Is drawn.

In this, Secretary of Defense Mattis did not think that President Trump would make a preemptive attack on North Korea, while the U.S. military was cautious about reexamining and researching the operational plan for the transformation of North Korea. It is said that it was being advanced to.

"The US retaliation attack may have included the use of 80 nuclear weapons," he said.

The U.S. military is said to discuss a wide range of assumptions and options when considering operational plans, but Woodward does not state how specific this consideration was.

However, the ripples are spreading, saying, "It is the first time that it is revealed that the plan includes the use of 80 nuclear weapons."