Kim IL Sung (North Korea), Another Saddam Hussein (Iraq)? Countering and Deterring Aggression in the Northern Pacific

Abstract

The demise of the global Soviet threat has brought about a fundamental shift in the National Military Strategy of the United States. Future employment of American military forces must be considered through the focus of regional contingencies. The most threatening of future regional contingencies are those exacerbated by the Hostile Proliferator, the radical and unstable regime equipped with weapons of mass destruction. The regime of Kim Il Sung armed with nuclear weapons has grave and adverse implications for the security interests of the United States and her allies in the Northern Pacific; prospects of war with nuclear overtones, nuclear blackmail and regional destabilization leading to global proliferation. Therefore, U.S. operational forces must be considered for employment in a wide spectrum to counter the threat posed by the next Hostile Proliferator , ranging from preemptive military strikes to supporting sustainment of dialogue and negotiation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 13, 1992
Accession Number
ADA249889

Entities

People

  • Robert K. Crumplar

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Cold War
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Money
  • National Security
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Proliferation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Recreation
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies